Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bunge North America (East), LLC, 605 Goodrich Road, BELLEVUE, OHIO 44811
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was working on the soy bean preparation line when he caught his hand near a clam-shell-like device that stops the flow of soy beans to the scale resulting in the amputation of his left middle fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Bunge North America (East), LLC
On November 1, 2019, an employee was unjamming material from the caking roller using a wrench. The wrench was pulled into the caking roller and the employee's fingers were crushed by the wrench and the ingoing rollers. The employee sustained the amputation of their left pinky fingertip and a fractured middle finger.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311224)
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On November 26, 2024, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an employee entered a grain bin to check the quantity left in the bin. They slipped on soybeans and were caught in the moving auger, resulting in lacerations and a fracture to the right foot.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
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