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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 1399800.015 - The J.M. Smucker Company
Inspection Information - Office: Wilkes Barre Area Office
Site Address:
The J.M. Smucker Company
6670 Low Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Mailing Address:
6670 Low Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Union Status: Union
SIC:
NAICS: 311111/Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
Inspection Type: Referral
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Health
Close Conference: 05/08/2019
Emphasis: N:Amputate
Case Closed: 03/16/2020
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referral | 1452461 | Yes |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $0 | $0 | $56,830 | $0 | $0 | $56,830 |
| Current Penalty | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $15,000 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100147 C07 I | 08/30/2019 | 10/07/2019 | $10,000 | $56,830 | $0 | 09/24/2019 | J - ALJ Decision | |
| 2. | 02001 | Other | 19100147 C04 II | 08/30/2019 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | 09/24/2019 | J - ALJ Decision |
Investigation Summary
At 5:50 p.m. on May 6, 2019, an employee collected a sample of meat slurry from the Mixer/Cooker #16 tank and submitted it to the QA lab and then went on break. While the employee was on break, a coworker was notified that the sample had failed, so the coworker restarted the tank's agitators and made chemical adjustments to the tank. When the employee returned from break, the coworker informed him that he had to resample the meat slurry. The employee inserted the sampling device into the sampling port and pushed it in as far as it would reach into the slurry unaware that the tank's ribbon agitators were still running. The agitators caught the sampling device and pulled it into the tank. The employee was unable to release his hand fast enough from the sampler, and his fingers became caught between the T-bar top of the sampling device and the lip of the sampling port. This force caused two of the employee's fingers to be amputated requiring medical treatment. The employee was not hospitalized.
Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Communication, Energized, Finger, Food processing, Guard, Hand, Hand Tool, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mixer, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Tag, Tagout, Tank, Training, Unguarded
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1399800.015 | 50 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Machine operators, not specified |