Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Archer Daniels Midland, 130 North Bbroad St., FREMONT, NEBRASKA 68025
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was investigating the discharge of a rotary airlock. He removed the inspection door, visually inspected the spout, and thought he saw a suspicious buildup. When he attempted to remove the buildup inside the spout with his left hand, his glove was caught by the running airlock, which then pulled his hand in and amputated three fingertips.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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