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Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1585438.015 - Fermentationexperts Usa, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sioux Falls Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 1585438.015
Report ID: 0830400
Date Opened: 03/24/2022

Site Address:
Fermentationexperts Usa, Inc.
1201 North Ellis Road
Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Mailing Address:
1201 North Ellis Road, Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311119/Other Animal Food Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/24/2022

Emphasis: N:Amputate, L:Grain

Case Closed: 01/23/2023

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Referral 1878422 Yes
Case Status: CLOSED
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 8 2 10
Current Violations 7 2 9
Initial Penalty $63,811 $0 $0 $2,264 $0 $66,075
Current Penalty $41,622 $0 $0 $1,585 $0 $43,207
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. 01001A Serious 19100028 B01 I 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $6,091 $8,702 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
2. 01001B Serious 19100028 B03 II 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
3. 01001C Serious 19100029 B01 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
4. 01001D Serious 19100029 B02 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
5. 01002 Serious 19100134 C01 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $4,351 $0 I - Informal Settlement Citation has been deleted.
6. 01003 Serious 19100147 C04 I 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $5,076 $7,252 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
7. 01004A Serious 19100212 A01 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $7,106 $10,151 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
8. 01004B Serious 19100212 A03 II 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
9. 01004C Serious 19100212 A05 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
10. 01004D Serious 19100219 D01 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
11. 01004E Serious 19100219 F03 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
12. 01005A Serious 19100215 A02 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $3,046 $4,351 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
13. 01005B Serious 19100215 A04 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
14. 01006 Serious 19100272 G01 I 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $7,106 $10,151 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
15. 01007A Serious 19100272 J01 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $7,106 $10,151 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
16. 01007B Serious 19100272 J02 II 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
17. 01008A Serious 19100305 B02 I 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $6,091 $8,702 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
18. 01008B Serious 19100305 G01 IV 09/06/2022 01/03/2023 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
19. 01008C Serious 19100334 A02 I 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $0 $0 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
20. 02001 Other 19040029 A 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $1,015 $1,450 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
21. 02002 Other 19100146 C02 09/06/2022 09/30/2022 $570 $814 $0 I - Informal Settlement  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 144785.015
Event: 02/23/2022
Employee's fingers are amputated when clearing rotating valv

At 01:15 p.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was removing a port cover at the point of a rotating valve which produces a suction within a metal tube to move the animal food product throughout the mill handling unit. The employee was trying to identify the source of a squeaking sound within the tube. The employee inserted his hand up into the pipe and then down into the spinning valve as he pulled his hand out. Due to the employee opening the port cover while the machine was in operation and pulling his hand back out of the tube, past the spinning valve, the employee's fingers were caught by the valve. The employee was admitted and treated at the hospital for an amputation to the right index and middle fingers.

Keywords: Amputation, Blade, Caught Between, Caught In, Cover, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Metal, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Pulled In, Reach, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Valve

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1585438.015 32 M Hospitalized injury Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
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