Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at City Brewing Company, LLC, 925 South 3rd Street, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 54601
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Two employees were working on a labeler. The first employee was cleaning the fingers of the labeler, while the second was working on a sensor. When the second employee finished his work on the sensor, he closed a door on the machine, causing a rack to move forward and catch the first employee's left-hand middle finger. The first employee suffered an avulsion that required surgical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was removing a section of pipe to access valves that needed to be replaced on a brewing machine when a valve was opened. This caused hot wort (220 degrees Fahrenheit) to splash on him at an unknown pressure. He sustained second degree burns to his chin, cheeks, forehead, the left side of his chest, left arm, left hand, and right hand.
An employee was standing on top of a stack of pallets approximately 3 feet, 9 inches tall to adjust a conveyor near a palletizer. The employee lost his balance when coming down from the pallets and fell to the concrete floor below, resulting in a compound fracture to his left wrist.
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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