Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1582837.015 - Beauflor Usa, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Atlanta West Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 9:45 a.m. on February 28, 2022, Employee #1 was tasked with loading an ink cylinder into the machine's cradle. Employee #1 went to silo 6; then came back to get a wrench. Employee #1 went to silo 6 to get a sample. Apparently the two-way radio was broken, because the operator never got the message to shut down the silo 6 rotator. Employee #1 opened the two rotary threaded caps as the machine was on. The employee took samples of the left cap, then the right. While taking samples from the right with a spatula, Employee #1 went so far deep that the blade from the rotary broke the blade. Employee #1 decided to get the visually broken blade of the spatula, put his finger's in, and the incident happened. Employee #1 texted the operator if the rotary on silo 6 was on and to shut it down. Employee #1 walked back to the building, where he was greeted by the managers to aid him. Employee #1 was trying to slow down or stop the ink cylinder because it was going too quickly or swinging. The employee's hands and fingers were grabbing the coupling tool and got pinched between the coupling and the motor housing. Employee #1 suffered amputations of the right tip pointer and middle fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Fingertip, Lockout, Machine Guarding, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Silo