Flour Mixes and Dough Manufacturing from Purchased Flour
Industry Summary
Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Cookie Cracker and Pasta Manufacturing Industry.
OSHA investigators arrived in West Haven, CT on Friday, November 3rd 2017 and began an accident investigation at Watson Inc.. A 45 year old man working as a Mixing was injured on the job when the employee was splashed with hot water and suffered second degre
OSHA ID100472.015
Accident Date2017-11-03
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 9:58 a.m. on November 3, 2017, an employee had set the steam to 128 degrees Fahrenheit to help remove product that stuck to the interior walls of the tank. The water reached a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and had begun to splash out of the upper lid of the tank. The employee opened the lip and was splashed on his left leg, hand, and foot with scalding water. The employee sustained second degree burns and was hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in Melrose Park, IL on Thursday, August 18th 2016 and began an accident investigation at Kerry Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-08-17
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was reaching into a flour hopper when his left hand became pinched in a pneumatic gate and was amputated.
The accident investigation below was opened on Sunday, June 5th 2016 by OSHA representitives in GREEN BAY, WI at TNT Crust. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the compressed or pinched by shifting objected or equipment
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-05
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was repairing dough dividers and was releasing tension on the sprocket and chain using a screwdriver. The screwdriver slipped, and the employee's thumb tip was caught and amputated in the chain and sprocket assembly.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 113
-37.5%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 16