OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409592

CIBOVITA

TOTOWA, NJ· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Agitator, Amputated, Amputation, Blind Reaching, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mixer, Partial Amputation, Production Line, Reaching, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 424450
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345521348
Employer profile: CIBOVITA
Summary number: 221409592
Report ID: 0214500

Event description

Employee amputates two fingertips while cleaning under food

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 p.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a confectionery manufacturer was cleaning a mixing machine. The employee reached under the machine and his right hand was struck by the rotating agitator bars. The employee amputated his middle and index fingertips requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
779

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