OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398373

WINTER GARDENS QUALITY FOODS, INC.

NEW OXFORD, PA· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Catch Point, Caught By, Cook, Door, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Meat Processing, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Pulled In, Rotating Knife, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311991
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345561419
Employer profile: WINTER GARDENS QUALITY FOODS, INC.
Summary number: 221398373
Report ID: 0316700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when pulled into meat mixer dis

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working as a cook for a perishable prepared food manufacturer was working in the meat room making turkey meat loafs. The employee turned on the RMF Steel Products Model 28-300 Mixer to push out the last bit of meat. Meat exits the mixer from the open discharge doors. With the mixer running, the employee used her right hand to pull the meat from one of the open doors. The mixing blade caught the employee's glove pulling her hand into the machine. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated middle fingertip.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
436

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