Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1214803.015 - Treehouse Foods, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1214803.015

Report ID: 0626300

Date Opened: 03/03/2017

Site Address:
Treehouse Foods, Inc.
1820 N. Josey Ln.
Carrollton, TX 75006

Mailing Address:
1820 N. Josey Ln., Carrollton, TX 75006

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 311824

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/08/2017

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 07/05/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1187878	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$25,350	$0	$0	$0	$0	$25,350
Current Penalty	$25,350	$0	$0	$0	$0	$25,350
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	19100147 C04 I	06/01/2017	06/27/2017	$12,675	$12,675	$0	Z - Issued
2.	01002A	Serious	19100147 C06 I	06/01/2017	06/27/2017	$12,675	$12,675	$0	Z - Issued
3.	01002B	Serious	19100147 C07 I	06/01/2017	06/27/2017	$0	$0	$0	Z - Issued

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 93626.015

Event: 03/02/2017

Employee amputates arm cleaning dough chunker machine

At 2:30 a.m. on March 2, 2017, Employee #1, a sanitary crew worker employed by a food processing company, was performing machine maintenance. He was cleaning out a pie line dough chunker machine when he placed his left arm into the machine to remove a remnant of dough. Employee #1's body tripped the photo eye that activated the Teflon blade. The blade amputated the employee's left arm below the shoulder.

Keywords: Amputation, Arm, Automatic Restart, Blade, Caught In, Cleaning, Food Preparation, Machine Guarding, Maintenance

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1214803.015	70	M	Hospitalized injury

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