The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, October 12th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Malden, MA after learning of an incident at Hoff'S Kitchen Co., Inc. which had occured on Tuesday, August 29th 2017. A 54 year old woman working as a Machine operator was injured on the job when the employee's finger was caught in a pastry topping depositor wh
Accident Date2017-08-29
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on August 29, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a Unifiller Depositor #020 on Line 4, finishing pastries. The Depositor #020 is a machine that is essentially a pneumatic piston that supplies a predetermined amount of material, frosting, cake batter, etc., from a hopper for the manufacture/finishing of pastries. The activation of the machine's operating cycle requires the operation of a foot pedal and a handheld button. Depositor #020 jammed and would no longer deliver frosting. The employee removed the cover from the piston and attempted to clear the jam using his right index finger. Employee #1 inadvertently activated the machine, resulting in his right index finger becoming caught between the machines piston and another component of the machine. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The employee missed 26 days of work as a result of the incident.