Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1540510.015 - Frontiere Natural Meats, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Denver Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1540510.015

Report ID: 0830500

Date Opened: 07/01/2021

Site Address:
Frontiere Natural Meats, Llc
810 East 50th Avenue
Denver, CO 80216

Mailing Address:
810 East 50th Avenue, Denver, CO 80216

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 424470/Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/01/2021

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/06/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1781782	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 136930.015

Event: 06/30/2021

Employee amputates fingertip while cleaning energized meat m

At 8:30 a.m. on June 30, 2021, an employee working for a meat supplier was cleaning out a mixer. While the employee was cleaning, a coworker turned on the machine in order to use the mixer. The employee had his left hand near the blade as it started to rotate. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated index fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cleaning, Communication, Energized, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Meat Blending Mach, Meat Processing, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Partial Amputation, Person, Rotating Knife, Rotating Parts, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1540510.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury

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