Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133514.015 - Employee amputates tip of thumb in rotary valve

Accident Summary Nr: 133514.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515812.015	02/23/2021		311211	Star Of The West Milling Company

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on August 27, 2020, an employee, a millwright, was troubleshooting a milled flour conveyor system that was contaminated with metal pieces. The air-locked system had metal pieces in a rotary valve. The employee had a coworker release the lockout to observe the conveyance system in action (auger & rotary valve). After hearing metal in the system, the employee reached into the rotary valve, when a metal object was observed. The rotary valve amputated the tip of his right thumb (to the distal joint). The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Blind Reaching, Conveyor, E GI IV (no lockout), E GI VI (blind reaching), Fingertip, Lockout, Metal, Millwright, Reaching, Reaching In, Thumb, Troubleshooting, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1515812.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Millwrights

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