Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120146089 - Land 'O' Lakes

Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office

Inspection Nr: 120146089

Report ID: 0950625

Date Opened: 01/09/2003

Site Address:
Land 'O' Lakes
400 S M Street
Tulare, CA 93274

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2024

NAICS: 311520/Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/07/2003

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/06/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361723117

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$375	$0	$375
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$375	$0	$375
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.	01001	Other	3944 B	03/13/2003	03/30/2003	$375	$375	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170763759

Event: 11/08/2002

Employee's finger amputated by divider gate

On November 8, 2002, Employee #1, a machine operator, was working in a yogurt packaging area of Land O Lakes Inc. The employee was at a Kodiak packaging machine that was boxing up 4 oz cups of flavored yogurt. One of the cups went into the "gates" crooked and had flipped on its side. Employee #1 left the operating station and went to the far side of the machine where this cup was and tried to flip it back, right-side-up. He could only get his right hand pinky finger in the cup area, and when he flipped the cup the gates came down and severed the tip of his finger. He was taken to Tulare Hospital for emergency treatment. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, MACHINE OPERATOR, FOOD PACKAGING MACH

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120146089			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Packaging and filling machine operators

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