Barilla America NY, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — AVON, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Barilla America NY, Inc. in AVON, NEW YORK
Employer Barilla America NY, Inc. Report ID 2017021735
Address 100 Horseshoe Boulevard City, State ZIP AVON, NEW YORK 14414
Event Date February 22, 2017 Outcome Amputation
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.
Industry (NAICS) 311999 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 42.92000, -77.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that cuts penne pasta when strands of pasta became jammed in the machine. He attempted to clear the jam and removed the flexible plastic tubing. He saw that the pasta was jammed in the cone and tried to push the dough out of the bottom of the cone. The moving blade then amputated his index fingertip. The machine was not locked or tagged out at the time.

Incident Summary

On February 22, 2017, a worker at Barilla America NY, Inc. in AVON, NEW YORK 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 amputation.

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