OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221464555

LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY

LEMOORE, CA· 2021-12-22T00:00:00

Event: Air Line, Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Disconnecting Means, Falling Object, Maintenance, Nip Point, Pinched, Reaching, Repair, Thumb, Valve
NAICS: 311412
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345719488
Employer profile: LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
Summary number: 221464555
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee suffers thumb amputation in valve

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee, a maintenance technician, was repairing a 700-series Tri-Clover air-actuated in-line valve that was secured in a pipe vise, when the valve fell. As the valve was falling, the air-line supplying air to it became disconnected causing the valve to close. The employee reached to try and catch the valve. When he grabbed it, his hand made contact with the pinch point of the closing valve. The employee's thumb was crushed in the valve and he was hospitalized to treat a thumb amputation.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
519

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