Inspection Detail

Inspection: 317171387 - Farmland Foods, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 317171387

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 07/01/2013

Site Address:
Farmland Foods, Inc.
800 Industrial Drive
Denison, IA 51442

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 490, Denison, IA 51442

Union Status: Union

SIC:2011

NAICS: 311611/Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/01/2013

Emphasis: L:Amputate, N:Amputate, S:Amputate

Case Closed: 10/10/2013

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200536969	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$1,625	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,625
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,625	$0	$1,625
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	19100212 A01	07/19/2013	08/14/2013	$1,625	$1,625	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200535904

Event: 06/21/2013

Employee Amputates Fingers in Paper Slicer

On June 21, 2013, Employee #1, the operator of a meat slicing line at a meat cutting product process with Farmland Foods, Inc., was running his process (Downgrader; Number: Two). Coworkers had been asked, by the operator of a paper slicing machine, to shut down the process line for cutting paper (North process; Line Number: Six; paper slice), because the line had run out of paper. A different coworker was going to put new paper in and feed it down the line, while the original coworkers were working on putting bacon on sheets to be weighed and boxed at the end of line (North process; Line Number: Six). Employee #1 came over to Line Number: Six from his Downgrader line (Line Number: Two). Employee #1 walked up to the paper cutter, saw the piece of bacon, and reached under the guard to remove the bacon slice. When Employee #1 reached under the guard, the cutter cycled. Employee #1 lost the index finger up to the second knuckle, the middle finger up to the second knuckle and the ring finger up to the first knuckle. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FOOD PREPARATION, FINGER, GUARD, MEAT SLICING MACHINE, PAPER MACHINE, AUTOMATIC RESTART, MACHINE--MISC

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317171387			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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