Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145553.015 - Employee amputates finger while sanitizing rotary valve

Accident Summary Nr: 145553.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/28/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1581963.015	04/19/2022	5461	311811	114713 - Richmond Baking Company

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on January 28, 2022, an employee, a maintenance technician, was sanitizing a rotary valve to a flour sifter. The rotary valve had six paddle blades that were extremely sharp and were suspended in the air by a chain hoist. The employee was manually rotating the shaft of the rotary valve with her left hand while her right hand was inside the point of operation. The employee did not use a safety block to isolate, secure, and block the rotation of the paddle blade. The blade directly struck the tip of the employee's right middle finger, resulting in hospitalization and amputation of the fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Cleaning, Fingertip, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Rotating Shaft, Safety Block, Struck By, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1581963.015	60	F	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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