OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425051

FRITO-LAY, INC.

LYNCHBURG, VA· 2022-01-03T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fingertip, Interlock, Machine operator
NAICS: 311919
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345712178
Employer profile: FRITO-LAY, INC.
Summary number: 221425051
Report ID: 0355117

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while setting up mixing machine

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on January 3, 2022, an employee was preparing a mixer machine, so he removed the pressure line hose from the interlock and blower. The employee stood up, lost his balance, and began to fall. While reaching out to catch himself, his left-hand middle finger slipped into a hole in the interlock guard. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of an amputated middle fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Event type
2

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