Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421704

ALTMAN'S SPECIALTY PLANTS, LLC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Clothing, Conveyor Belt, Entangled, Partial Amputation, Pot, Pulled In
NAICS
111421
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345696678
Employer profile
ALTMAN'S SPECIALTY PLANTS, LLC
Summary number
221421704
Report ID
0626300

Event description

Employee's arm is amputated by auger

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on December 18, 2021, an employee was moving pots from one conveyor belt to another over a gap created by a return auger. The employee's loose-fitting sweater became entangled in the auger and when trying to get it out, her hand and arm were pulled into machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of her left arm above her elbow.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 69 F

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    889

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