Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1521757.015 - 317727992 - J & J Snack Foods Handheld Corp

Inspection Information - Office: Bend

Inspection Nr: 1521757.015

Report ID: 1054115

Date Opened: 10/22/2020

Site Address:
317727992 - J & J Snack Foods Handheld Corp
103 Depot St
Weston, OR 97886

Mailing Address:
6000 Central Hwy, Pennsauken, NJ 08109

Union Status: Union

SIC:2052

NAICS: 311919/Other Snack Food Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/26/2021

Emphasis: P:Amputate, N:Amputate

Case Closed: 03/26/2021

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 135393.015

Event: 10/22/2020

Employee amputates three fingers in cleaning ribbon blender

At 1:00 a.m. on October 22, 2020, an employee working as a sanitation lead worker for a snack food manufacturer was cleaning the outside of a large ribbon blender. The employee had not locked out the blender according to employer policy. While in front of the machine, the employee slipped and reached out to steady himself. In doing so, the employee reached in past a half-moon style guard over the mixer's product exit gates/flaps and caught his left hand in the blender. The employee amputated three fingers and was hospitalized. Doctors were able to re-attach one of his fingers. On October 23, 2020, at approximately 8:00 a.m., the employee was discharged.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Baker, Bakery, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Food processing, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Reaching, Shear, Sheared, Slip, Slippery Surface, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1521757.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Bakers

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