Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1498769.015 - Knead Dough Bakery Company

Inspection Information - Office: Chicago South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1498769.015

Report ID: 0521700

Date Opened: 10/21/2020

Site Address:
Knead Dough Bakery Company
556 St. James Gate
Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Mailing Address:
556 St. James Gate, Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311812/Commercial Bakeries

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/21/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 01/15/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1675420	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 130563.015

Event: 10/18/2020

Employee partially amputates thumb when caught in bread bagg

At 6:00 p.m. on October 18, 2020, an employee working as a maintenance mechanic for a bakery was fixing the bread bagger which opens the bags in preparation for the bread. The employee placed his right-hand underneath the machine guard to unlatch the lock in order to remove the guard while the machine was still operating. The employee caught his thumb between the chain and sprocket. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated thumb.

Keywords: Bagging, Caught Between, Chain, Finger, Food processing, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Repair, Sprocket, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1498769.015	52	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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