OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221450323

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

LIVINGSTON, CA· 2021-11-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Supervision, Unguarded, Valve
NAICS: 424410
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345635601
Employer profile: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Summary number: 221450323
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee partially amputates fingers when caught in star val

Investigation abstract

At 3:53 p.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was working with a coworker on the fingers on her right hand and was hospitalized. North Mill Bag House. Powdered product that should have been dispensing from the machine and dumping into a barrel wasn't dispensing. The area where the product dispenses had a metal guard that was not in place as it was only attached on one side and was hanging down. The employee attempted to determine why the product wasn't coming out so she reached her hand inside to see if she could unclog the machine. A star valve inside the machine caught the employee's fingers and jammed. The employee called for a coworker who was operating a forklift nearby to shut the machine off and call 911. The employee partially amputated four

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
754

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