Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1415362.015 - Wei Sales, Llc. - Wells Enterprises Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1415362.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 07/15/2019

Site Address:
Wei Sales, Llc. - Wells Enterprises Inc.
1191 18th St Sw
Le Mars, IA 51031

Mailing Address:
1 Blue Bunny Drive Po Box 1310, Le Mars, IA 51031

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 311520/Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/15/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputate

Case Closed: 12/05/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1471437	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$18,943	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,943
Current Penalty	$18,943	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,943
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	19100147 C04 I	10/23/2019	11/19/2019	$0	$11,366	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Serious	19100212 A02	10/23/2019		$18,943	$7,577	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 118252.015

Event: 07/01/2019

Employee amputates fingertip on nut auger while unjamming ho

At 2:15 a.m. on July 1, 2019, an employee was reaching his hand into a peanut hopper to remove a jam when he inadvertantly placed his finger in a hole in the auger guard. The employee amputated his fintertip and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Hopper, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Struck By, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415362.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Occupation Not Listed

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