Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1492186.015 - Bef Foods, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Toledo Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1492186.015

Report ID: 0524700

Date Opened: 09/10/2020

Site Address:
Bef Foods, Inc.
651 Commerce Parkway
Lima, OH 45804

Mailing Address:
651 Commerce Parkway, Lima, OH 45804

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311999/All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/10/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/16/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1656199	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations			1			1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$136,532	$0	$0	$136,532
Current Penalty	$13,653	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,653
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.	01001A	Serious	19100147 D	02/25/2021	03/22/2021	$13,653	$136,532	$0	03/24/2021	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01001B	Repeat	19100147 C07 I	02/25/2021	03/22/2021	$0	$0	$0	03/24/2021	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 129382.015

Event: 09/04/2020

Employee lacerates arm while cleaning auger, is later surgic

At 2:30 a.m. on September 4, 2020, an employee was cleaning an area of a horizontal potato auger with a scrub pad, while it was in operation. This occurred after discrepancies were discovered during a preoperational inspection. The employee's left arm became caught in the rotating horizontal auger, after the employee's scrub pad became caught on the auger's support shaft. The auger's energy sources were not controlled and isolated during this work. As a result, the employee sustained multiple lacerations to the arm, ultimately requiring surgical amputation of the arm up to the mid bicep. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Auger, Caught In, Cleaning, E GI IV (no lockout), Laceration, Lockout, Rotating Parts, Shaft, Surgical Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1492186.015	39	F	Hospitalized injury		Food Cleanup Worker

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