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Archer Daniels Midland

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — FREMONT, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Archer Daniels Midland in FREMONT, NEBRASKA
Employer Archer Daniels Midland Report ID 20161211331
Address 130 North Bbroad St. City, State ZIP FREMONT, NEBRASKA 68025
Event Date December 5, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 424510 Inspection # 1196791
GPS Coordinates 41.43000, -96.49000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On December 5, 2016, a worker at Archer Daniels Midland in FREMONT, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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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