OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443161

MI MAMA'S TORTILLAS, LLC

OMAHA, NE· 2022-02-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Energized, Food Preparation, Food processing, Hopper, Machine operator, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Reach, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Thumb, Work Rules
NAICS: 311830
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345809974
Employer profile: MI MAMA'S TORTILLAS, LLC
Summary number: 221443161
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee's thumb is amputated while emptying dough

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that made tortillas. He operated a pressing machine. He was emptying dough from the machine's divider. Apparently, the machine was in operation at the time. His right thumb became caught between the divider paddle, or chunker paddle, and the hopper wall. His thumb was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
747

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