Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122482.015 - Production worker amputates three fingers in screw conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 122482.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451104.015	12/16/2019		311224	Afc Trading & Wholesale, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on December 10, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that processed soybeans and other oilseeds. He was a production worker. During the production process, tofu waste traveled from two waste extractors to a waste room by means of an upper and lower screw conveyor. The ground waste was discharged into barrels. In this incident, excess tofu waste was overflowing from the waste barrel under the lower screw conveyor. The employee was working in the waste room. He was cleaning up and removing the excess material. His right hand and glove were pulled into the lower screw conveyor through an opening in the lower screw conveyor's guard. The ON/OFF switch for the lower screw conveyor was not within reach of the employee. It was near the waste extractors, on the other side of the wall between the waste room and the waste extractors. The middle, ring, and small fingers on the employee's right hand were amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor, Finger, Food processing, Glove, Hand, I2P2, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Screw Conveyor, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451104.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Food batchmakers

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