OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398498

TRIBE 9 FOODS LLC

MADISON, WI· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Catch Point, Caught In, Communication, Cutter, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Knuckle, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Production Line, Training, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311824
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345561807
Employer profile: TRIBE 9 FOODS LLC
Summary number: 221398498
Report ID: 0523300

Event description

Employee amputates three fingertips when clearing pasta cutt

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on September 24, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator was operating a Castiglioni Pasta Cutter in the Bay 1 Gluten Free Line. The employee turned off the machine prior to reaching in to clear a jam. Another employee turned the machine on while the employee had her left hand near the point of operation. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for fingertip amputations to her pinky, ring and middle fingers to the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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