OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454994

POST CONSUMER BRANDS

BATTLE CREEK, MI· 2022-02-23T00:00:00

Event: Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught Between, Caught In, Extrude, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Finger, Hand, Knuckle, Mixer, Partial Amputation, Slip
NAICS: 311230
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345903108
Employer profile: POST CONSUMER BRANDS
Summary number: 221454994
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in Discharge Auger

Investigation abstract

At 01:00 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was attempting to remove a plug from a Extruder Continuous Dough Mixer. The employee slipped and fell into the mixer, and the employee's hand entered a lower opening where a Discharge Auger was running. The employee's left index finger was amputated to the first phalange and was treated but not hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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