OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689489

NELSON MINNESOTA FARMS

MINNEAPOLIS, MN— 1985-02-06T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2888329
Employer profile: NELSON MINNESOTA FARMS
Summary number: 689489
Report ID: 552700

Event description

Employee's fingertips amputated between auger and bin wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were finishing a run of meat patties. At the end of a run, the meat has to be scraped off the wall of the bin and dropped into an auge r. Employee #1 reached into the bin to begin scraping while the auger was runnin g. His three middle fingers were caught between the auger and bin and amputated below the first knuckle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
37

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
2

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