Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
| Employer | Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC | Report ID | 2024010272 |
| Address | 833 14th Street SW | City, State ZIP | VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA 58072 |
| Event Date | January 11, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Special process machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Valves, nozzles | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 424510 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 46.91000, -98.03000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was cleaning a dump hopper when his finger was caught in the air lock, which resulted in the amputation of his right index fingertip.
Incident Summary
On January 11, 2024, a worker at Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC in VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with special process machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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