Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1580997.015 - Mi Mama'S Tortillas, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1580997.015

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 03/02/2022

Site Address:
Mi Mama'S Tortillas, Llc
828 S. 17th Street
Omaha, NE 68108

Mailing Address:
828 S. 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68108

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311830/Tortilla Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/09/2022

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/27/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1869991	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 144316.015

Event: 02/23/2022

Employee's thumb is amputated while emptying dough

At 8:30 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that made tortillas. He operated a pressing machine. He was emptying dough from the machine's divider. Apparently, the machine was in operation at the time. His right thumb became caught between the divider paddle, or chunker paddle, and the hopper wall. His thumb was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Energized, Food Preparation, Food processing, Hopper, Machine operator, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Reach, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Thumb, Work Rules

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580997.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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