OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827014
ADM MILLING CO.
DES MOINES, IA·
Event description
Employee's finger partially amputated in sifter pinch point
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the seventh floor walking by an airlock that was above a seco nd low grade sifter. He removed the sock and cover on the sifter and stuck his h and into the system to unclog it. His hand came in contact with the machine's pi nch point and the end of one of his fingers was cut off at the first joint. Empl oyee #1 states that he was not thinking. He had been instructed not to take the machinery apart without contacting the maintenance department and locking or tag ging out the machine.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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