Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221413867

BLOUNT FINE FOODS CORP.

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Fingertip, Inspecting, Pump
NAICS
311991
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345653216
Employer profile
BLOUNT FINE FOODS CORP.
Summary number
221413867
Report ID
0112300

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while operating transfer pump

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:00 a.m. on November 23, 2021, an employee was inspecting the cleanliness of the transfer pump blades. The employee stuck a finger in the rotating blades and amputated the tip of the finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    433

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