OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221413057

WATER LILIES FOOD, LLC

BAY SHORE, NY· 2021-11-12T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Chain, Finger, Food processing, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Sprocket
NAICS: 311999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345649461
Employer profile: WATER LILIES FOOD, LLC
Summary number: 221413057
Report ID: 0214700

Event description

Employee working on machine loses tip of left index finger

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 p.m. on November 12, 2021, an employee was working as a mechanic for a firm that manufactured food. He was working on a TOA pot sticker-making machine. A chain was misaligned. The employee was working on the back end of the machine. He had the machine's operator jog or cycle the machine. The chain was in the open. The tip of the employee's left index finger was caught between the chain and a sprocket. The employee's left index finger was partially amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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