Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145032.015 - Employee partially amputates fingers when caught in star val

Accident Summary Nr: 145032.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 11/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1563560.015	11/12/2021		424410	Sensient Technologies Corporation

Abstract: At 3:53 p.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was working with a coworker on the North Mill Bag House. Powdered product that should have been dispensing from the machine and dumping into a barrel wasn't dispensing. The area where the product dispenses had a metal guard that was not in place as it was only attached on one side and was hanging down. The employee attempted to determine why the product wasn't coming out so she reached her hand inside to see if she could unclog the machine. A star valve inside the machine caught the employee's fingers and jammed. The employee called for a coworker who was operating a forklift nearby to shut the machine off and call 911. The employee partially amputated four fingers on her right hand and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineering Controls, Finger, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Supervision, Unguarded, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1563560.015	45	F	Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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