Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New Albertson's, Inc., 1300 South Milwaukee Ave., LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS 60048
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's left thumb was cut deeply while operating a meat band saw.
An employee was working in the office in the freezer department. They walked out of the office and went to move an electric riding pallet jack. Their right leg became caught between the pallet jack and a parked cart, resulting in a fracture and hospitalization.
An employee was operating a pallet walker. While trying to back up, she was pinned between the pallet jack and racking in an aisle. She suffered a broken pelvis.
An employee was driving a forklift when he struck the forks of a stationary forklift and injured his left ankle tendon, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
On 8/30/16, an employee was delivering product to the store and suffered serious injury to his left thumb when backing up a powered pallet jack into the freezer and striking his thumb on the locking mechanism on the door.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.
An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.