OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434590
LEELANAU FRUIT CO.
BUCKLEY, MI·
Event description
Employee amputates right hand middle fingertip from smasher
Investigation abstract
At 11:15 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee was attempting to clear a plugged pipe of cherries. Without shutting down and deenergizing the pump, the employee pulled apart a feed line from a pump and placed the right-hand middle finger inside of the discharge pipe. The employee's right middle fingertip contacted the pump's smasher blades and was amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 62 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 889
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