OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399181

AMERICAN POP CORN COMPANY

SIOUX CITY, IA· 2021-10-01T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Bucket, Catch Point, Caught Between, Cleaning, Contusion, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pinch Point, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Work Surface
NAICS: 311999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345565865
Employer profile: AMERICAN POP CORN COMPANY
Summary number: 221399181
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee fractures and cuts hand while cleaning running mach

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working for a food manufacturer was cleaning out the boot of leg 10 with his hand while the cups were still rotating inside. A coworker was operating the on off controls as the employee cleaned out the boot. The employee caught his right hand between a bucket and the metal door opening of the machine. The employee received lacerations to his middle and ring fingers and the top of the hand and fractured his pinky, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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