Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106511835 - Hillshire Farm Co Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office

Inspection Nr: 106511835

Report ID: 0521100

Date Opened: 02/12/1992

Site Address:
Hillshire Farm Co Inc
N3620 Cty Road D
New London, WI 54961

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 227, New London, WI 54961

Union Status: Union

SIC:2013

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/21/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/16/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	901552422	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			2		3
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$1,875	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,875
Current Penalty	$1,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000
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	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100212 A03 II	03/05/1992	03/09/1992	$1,000	$1,875	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	19100147 C04 II	03/05/1992	03/09/1992	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	02002	Other	19100147 C07 I	03/05/1992	03/12/1992	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 845321

Event: 02/12/1992

Employee's hand amputated by meat processor blade

Employee #1 reached into a meat processor machine to take a product's temperature as it fed into a processing vessel. When he reached into the vessel, a rotating scraper blade contacted his wrist and subsequently amputated his hand above the wrist. The machine was operating in a manual override mode with the guarding covers open. All other safety devices had been bypassed. A shear point was created between the rotating blade and the lid of the vessel as the blade rotated.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, INTERLOCK, POINT OF OPERATION, BLADE, HAND, UNGUARDED, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106511835			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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