OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221413099

DAMASCUS BAKERY LLC

CLIFTON, NJ· 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bakery, Caught In, Cleaning, Energized, Finger, Hand, Hopper, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Nail, Partial Amputation, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311812
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345504062
Employer profile: DAMASCUS BAKERY LLC
Summary number: 221413099
Report ID: 0214500

Event description

Employee amputates finger in roller while cleaning energized

Investigation abstract

At 3:02 p.m. on August 2, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a commercial bakery was cleaning the Konig hopper while the machine was energized. The employee caught his right hand in a roller inside the hopper. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated ring finger below the nail.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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