Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1542384.015 - Wenger Feeds, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Harrisburg Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1542384.015

Report ID: 0316700

Date Opened: 07/16/2021

Site Address:
Wenger Feeds, Llc
111 West Harrisburg Avenue
Rheems, PA 17570

Mailing Address:
101 West Harrisburg Avenue, Rheems, PA 17570

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311119/Other Animal Food Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/15/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/10/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1786352	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	19100147 C04 II C	09/29/2021	10/26/2021	$0	$0	$0		Z - Issued

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 137251.015

Event: 07/10/2021

Employee amputates finger, crushes hand in machine rollers

At 12:30 a.m. on July 10, 2021, an employee working as a plant operator for an animal feed manufacturer was getting ready to clear a jam at the pellet mill. The employee opened a door to the machine before it had come to a complete stop catching his right hand in the rollers. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a crushed right hand and amputated index finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Feed Mill, Finger, Food processing, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Power Roller, Production Line, Roller--Mach/Part, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1542384.015	46	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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