Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1554202.015 - Kent Precision Foods Group, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Chicago South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1554202.015

Report ID: 0521700

Date Opened: 09/21/2021

Site Address:
Kent Precision Foods Group, Inc.
1000 Dalton Ln
Bolingbrook, IL 60490

Mailing Address:
1000 Dalton Ln, Bolingbrook, IL 60490

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311423/Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/21/2021

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/08/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1810958	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$14,502	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,502
Current Penalty	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
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	Serious	19100212 A01	02/08/2022		$10,000	$14,502	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 139385.015

Event: 09/13/2021

Employee amputates thumb tip when pulled into packaging mach

At 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2021, an employee working as a packaging machine operator for a dried food manufacturer was moving packaged product down the production line for packaging. The employee placed his left hand into the Doboy Sealer machine to remove paper caught in the gears from the bagged product. The employee caught his thumb which was then pulled into the gears. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, Gear, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Packaging, Packaging Machine, Packaging Machinery, Partial Amputation, Pulled In, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1554202.015	37	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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