Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1497239.015 - Hormel Foods Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Modesto District Office

Inspection Nr: 1497239.015

Report ID: 0950624

Date Opened: 10/13/2020

Site Address:
Hormel Foods Corporation
251 D'Arcy Parkway
Lathrop, CA 95330

Mailing Address:
251 D'Arcy Parkway, Lathrop, CA 95330

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 311412/Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/04/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/16/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1667468

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,500	$0	$1,500
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	Other	3314(C)(1)	03/30/2021		$0	$750	$0	04/08/2021	O - Administrative Law Judge Order	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Other	3314(C)	03/30/2021		$0	$750	$0	04/08/2021	O - Administrative Law Judge Order	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 130309.015

Event: 09/30/2020

Employee lacerates finger when pulled into meat grinder fram

At 4:35 p.m. on September 30, 2020, an employee was working as a laborer for a food manufacturer had experienced a jam in a grinder for the third time. The employee locked out the grinder on the first two jams but failed to lockout on the third jam. The employee used a metal hook extension tool approximately 3-foot in length to remove blocks of meat from the grinder hopper. The metal hook became caught in the auger and pulled the employee's right hand into the machinery frame. The employee lacerated his right index finger without bone loss and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught By, Caught In, Cut, Finger, Food processing, Grinder, Hand, Hand Tool, Jammed, Laborer, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Meat Grinder, Meat Processing, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pulled In

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1497239.015	53	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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