Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1396311.015 - Treehouse Private Brands, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Naperville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1396311.015

Report ID: 0521400

Date Opened: 04/29/2019

Site Address:
Treehouse Private Brands, Inc.
1450 Pate Plaza Drive
South Beloit, IL 61080

Mailing Address:
1450 Pate Plaza Drive, South Beloit, IL 61080

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311821/Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/29/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 11/12/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1449144	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$10,419	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,419
Current Penalty	$7,294	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,294
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100212 A01	10/22/2019		$7,294	$10,419	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 115822.015

Event: 04/25/2019

Employee amputates finger tip in conveyor

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 25, 2019, an employee was standing at the conveyor control station and watching and straightening filled packages of cookies after they passed through a 90-degree curve in a slat conveyor before going through a metal detector and labeler. Packages had to pass through the labeler in the proper orientation. The curved area of the conveyor caused them to misalign at times. The employee reached with both gloved hands to straighten a package and her left little finger was caught in the space between two plastic slats on the conveyor and pulled into an opening between the end of the moving conveyor belt and stainless steel guard plate, resulting in the amputation of the tip of the finger. Surgery was performed but hospitalization was not required.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt Conveyor, Caught In, Finger, Glove, Nip Point, Steel Plate

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1396311.015	43	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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