Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1562815.015 - Port City Bakery

Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1562815.015

Report ID: 0521100

Date Opened: 11/09/2021

Site Address:
Port City Bakery
1326 Cornell Road
Green Bay, WI 54307

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12706, Green Bay, WI 54307

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311824

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/09/2021

Emphasis: P:Amputate, N:Amputate, L:Piv

Case Closed: 06/30/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1829952	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	4			1		5
Current Violations	1			2		3
Initial Penalty	$36,805	$0	$0	$1,087	$0	$37,892
Current Penalty	$13,559	$0	$0	$5,930	$0	$19,489
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	Latest Event
1.	01001A	Other	19100212 A01	03/04/2022	04/01/2022	$4,843	$9,687	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Other	19100212 B	03/04/2022		$0	$7,748	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01001C	Other	19100215 B09	03/04/2022		$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01003A	Serious	19100212 A03 II	03/04/2022		$13,559	$13,559	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	01003B	Other	19100219 C04 I	03/04/2022		$0	$5,811	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	02001	Other	19100147 C06 I	03/04/2022	04/01/2022	$1,087	$1,087	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 140958.015

Event: 11/02/2021

Worker suffers partial amputation of thumb in dough divider

At 2:30 p.m. on November 2, 2021, an employee was working as a machine operator for a firm that made pizza crusts. The employee was a level 3 mixer/divider operator. On this day, he was running the Line #4 divider. The divider took mixed dough from an overhead hopper, pushed it through the machine, cut it off at defined intervals, and deposited dough balls to certain weight dimensions onto a transfer conveyor. The divider was open on both ends to allow the conveyor to move through the section. On the night of the incident, the divider was allowing high levels of excess dough to push through the seals of the divider onto the conveyor. This extra dough affected the dough balls and caused them to be out of specification. The operator had been instructed by his supervisor to remove the excess dough. The employee reached into the divider, unaware of how close he was to a pinch point inside the divider. His thumb was caught by the divider. He suffered a partial amputation to the left thumb. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Food processing, Hand, Lockout, Machine Guarding, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Reaching, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1562815.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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