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Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, LLC in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
Employer Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, LLC Report ID 2015074449
Address 1108 N.W. 3rd St. City, State ZIP OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73106
Event Date July 8, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 311119 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.47000, -97.53000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance employee was working to clear a clog in the bottom of a cyclone. He had gone through the lockout/tagout procedure twice and asked the operator to control run the machine to unjam the clog. The employee attempted to clear the jam inside the feeder when his glove got caught and his left middle fingertip was amputated. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Incident Summary

On July 8, 2015, a worker at Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, LLC in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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