OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436595

GENERAL MILLS INC

VERNON, CA· 2021-08-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Clearing, Contact, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Grain, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Jammed, Laborer, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Millwright, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Reaching, Reaching In, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311211
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345778104
Employer profile: GENERAL MILLS INC
Summary number: 221436595
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when struck by rotary blade

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 p.m. on August 29, 2021, an employee was working as a laborer at a wheat that there was still product in the line and he reached his right hand inside to clear the choke. The employee's index finger contacted the airlock rotary blade. The employee received first aid from his coworkers and was transported to local hospital. Th employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip. and grain processing facility. The employee was clearing a choke of wheat from a blower line. The employee was assigned to the mill to assist a coworker, the miller, with processing, cleaning, and producing flour. The employee was monitoring his HMI Screen and was informed of an issue with one of the airlocks. The employee responded to the airlock that was now working and appeared to be impacted by a choke in the line. The employee locked out and tagged out the airlock and opened a 5-inch diameter line to find the choke. The employee cleared most of the choke and attempted to start the airlock. He then realized

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
889

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