Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1512577.015 - Trinidad/Benham Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Denver Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1512577.015

Report ID: 0830500

Date Opened: 01/28/2021

Site Address:
Trinidad/Benham Corp.
1500 Right Of Way Road
Sterling, CO 80751

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 751, Sterling, CO 80751

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: 04/01/2021

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 06/30/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1723956	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$11,605	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,605
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$6,632	$0	$6,632
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001A	Serious	19100132 D01	04/13/2021	05/17/2021	$0	$6,632	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01001B	Other	19100138 B	04/13/2021	06/01/2021	$6,632	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01002	Serious	19100147 D04 I	04/13/2021	05/03/2021	$0	$4,973	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 133124.015

Event: 01/21/2021

Employee cuts thumb in machine jaws, pad is later amputated

At 8:15 a.m. on January 21, 2021, an employee working as a packer/stacker for a food manufacturer was working on packaging machine 13. The employee had been operating machine 12. Machine 13 had started up and had at least two instances where the plastic packaging bunched up at the heat seal/knife area. The prior two times the employee had stopped the machine to clear the jam. The third time the employee did not stop the machine. The employee reached under the door (interlocked guard) to clear the jam. The machine cycled and the jaws closed. As the jaws closed, the employee's hand came into contact with the serrated blade. The serrated knife lacerated the pad of his left thumb. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a lacerated thumb. The thumb pad required later amputation due to the severity of the laceration.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught In, Die Blades, Die Jaw, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Interlock, Jammed, Jaw, Knife, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Surgical Amputation, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1512577.015	41	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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