Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC in HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC Report ID 2022054050
Address 13 1st Street Northeast City, State ZIP HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA 58045
Event Date May 9, 2022 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 Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 424510 Inspection # 1594670
GPS Coordinates 47.40000, -97.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a plugged cyclone when the steel rotor of the airlock amputated three of their fingers. The airlock was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Incident Summary

On May 9, 2022, a worker at Anchor Ingredients Co., LLC in HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA 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 machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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