Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Panera, LLC, 181 C. Tom Hills Senior Blvd., MACON, GEORGIA 31210
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle while the employee was cleaning the rotating blade of a bagel slicer. The slicer was unguarded at the time.
An employee was speaking to coworkers when a customer approached the employee regarding what was being said. The customer became agitated. The employee attempted to de-escalate the situation and asked the customer to step outside. Once outside the customer assaulted the employee, resulting in a nasal fracture, laceration to the nasal bridge, contusion, and a headache.
An employee was using the bagel slicing machine when a bagel got stuck. The employee was removing the bagel when their right middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking across a floor that had just been mopped when he slipped and fell to the floor, fracturing his right hip and requiring hospitalization. "Wet floor" signs were posted at the time of the incident.
An employee was closing the rollup door of a trailer parked at the loading dock when his third and fourth fingers on his right hand were caught between the door panels, amputating his third fingertip and crushing his fourth fingertip.
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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