Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104198924 - Wilson Food Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 104198924

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 07/07/1987

Site Address:
Wilson Food Corporation
1300 South Lake Street
Cherokee, IA 51012

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2011

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/07/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/07/1987

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 828525

Event: 07/07/1987

Employee's fingers crushed by pork product bagging machine

Employee #1 was operating a pork product bagging machine. During setup, the plastic film was not feeding through properly. The machine was equipped with a guard that covered all blades and moving equipment and was interlocked with an emergency stop button. The only opening into the machine was where the full bags of product exited. Employee #1 reached through this opening between the straight blades and attempted to straighten the plastic film before the other cut-off blades cycled. His hand was caught by the knives, which are pushed by 3,000 psi into the plastic, and his forefingers were crushed. One forefinger was reattached surgically. No pork product was in the machine at the time of the accident.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, BLADE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104198924			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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