OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425846

SENECA FOODS CORPORATION

GENEVA, NY· 2021-12-28T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Contact, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Maintenance, Repair, Struck By, Troubleshooting
NAICS: 311421
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345716443
Employer profile: SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
Summary number: 221425846
Report ID: 0215800

Event description

Employee amputates four fingers when reaching into running m

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on December 28, 2021, an employee was diagnosing a vibration on a green bean cutting machine. The employee reached his hand into an opening in the machine contacting the rotating parts. The employee amputated four fingers, requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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