Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
| Employer | Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company | Report ID | 2018010088 |
| Address | 509 E Taylor Rd | City, State ZIP | CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS 72830 |
| Event Date | January 3, 2018 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311411 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 35.45000, -93.45000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee turned off an auger at the bottom of a ribbon blender to find pieces of a plastic bucket lift that had broken and fallen into the ribbon blender. The employee went around and had opened the drain cover of the auger to retrieve the pieces when the auger activated and amputated the employee's left thumb. The auger was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Incident Summary
On January 3, 2018, a worker at Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company in CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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