Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., 1800 Adams Street, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS 62040
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning around a drain in the area where milk cartons are placed on a conveyor belt. The employee reached in around the conveyor's chain-and-sprocket drive, which pulled and partially amputated the employee's right thumb between the sprocket and chain.
An employee was cleaning the floor next to the A-frame cheese press weighing 1500 lbs. The press wheel got caught in a drain, causing it to tip over and strike the employee. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
An employee was gathering products for an order in the back of a truck while the lift gate was down. The employee fell approximately 5 feet onto the ground, resulting in nine rib fractures, a collarbone fracture, a lung puncture, and a bulging vertebral disc in the back.
An employee was preparing to load product onto a trailer and was arranging stacks of milk. The hydraulic arm of the dolly loader came forward, pinning his right ankle. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.
An employee was working in the cooler when their foot got caught in the floor chain that moves product throughout the cooler. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the right foot.
An employee was adjusting a blow molding milk container machine when it closed on and smashed the employee's right pinky, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was performing routine maintenance on an air valve when their right ring finger became caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.
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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.