Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gilster Mary Lee, 8366 North Highway 51, MC BRIDE, MISSOURI 63776
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A bag machine operator was retrieving a bag that jammed the machine and severed the left index fingertip. The bypass switch on the machine was activated. Once the switch is activated, the machine cycles one more time before it hits the home position and stops. The door was opened before the cycle completed and the star wheel pinched the tip of her left index finger, severing it just above the first knuckle. The incident occurred October 7, 2015 at approximately 9:35hrs.
An employee was loading bags on a pallet. The employee's leg became caught in wrapping material and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken tibia.
An employee was cleaning on the third-floor mezzanine when they fell through an access hatch and landed on the second-floor mezzanine. The employee sustained a broken collar bone, a broken rib, a possibly broken vertebra, and a brain hematoma.
An employee was operating a bagging machine on the production line. When she changed the bags, her finger was caught in the jaw assembly and her left index fingertip was amputated.
An employee was pushing wet corn meal down into the throat of a twin screw cooker with his left hand when his fingers were caught in the ingoing nip point of the twin screws. He suffered amputation injuries to four fingers (excluding the thumb) on his left hand.
An employee was folding cartons to put them on a conveyor when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and amputated in a belt and pulley. The belt and pulley were unguarded at the time.
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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