TOPEKA, KANSAS—
Resers Fine Foods
Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Resers Fine Foods, 3167 SE 10th Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66607 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell on spilt soybean oil while walking across the production floor. The employee was hospitalized with a right hip fracture.
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An employee was palletizing finish good products. When he turned towards the pallet while holding a package, he tripped on the corner of the pallet and fell to the floor resulting in fractured ribs.
TOPEKA, KANSAS—
RESERS FINE FOODS
An employee was pushing containers off of a machine's conveyor belt. Her right hand was on the containers that were accumulated on the belt when her right pinky finger was caught between the machine's product lane straightener mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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Resers Fine Foods
An employee was using a cleaning scrub pad and water hose to clean a horizontal mixer when his right hand entered the mixer opening and was caught in the machine resulting in a finger amputation.
TOPEKA, KANSAS—
Resers Fine Foods
The employee was doing a quality line check in the hot fill area. As she turned around, she tripped over the water hose, fell, and sustained a comminuted fracture to her left elbow.
TOPEKA, KANSAS—
Resers Fine Foods
Worker lost the tip of her pinky finger in a feeder machine while pushing prepackaged food (macaroni and cheese) forward.
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