Abstract: At 10:30 p.m. on June 27, 1999, Employee #1 sustained partial amputations to his second, third, and fourth digits of his left hand. This incident occurred in Mill Room Number 2, where garlic was being processed. Employee #1's task was to clean up dust generated by the process. This task was accomplished with the use of a broom and air gun. While Employee #1 was performing his assignment, he noticed that product was not coming from one of the discharge chutes, so he reached up the 4-inch-diameter chute to unplug it. This chute was attached to a rotary valve that discharged the product into the chute and into a container. While Employee #1's hand was inside the chute, it contacted the rotating vane inside the valve and the amputation occurred. Employee #1 was hospitalized.