Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stop & Shop, 597 Farmington Avenue, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT 06010
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
On or about March 31, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., an employee in the meat department suffered a fingertip amputation while cutting meat on a band saw.
An employee was standing in the self checkout area to assist customers. As the employee turned, her leg gave out and she fell to the floor. Her left femur was fractured.
On January 16, 2023, at approximately 10:33 AM, an employee was walking through the swinging door separating the seafood and meat departments and tripped on a folded step stool leaning against the wall and fell. The fall resulted in injury to the employee's hip that required surgery.
On January, 13, 2023, at 11:54 AM, an employee was putting plastic into a recycling bin next to the cardboard baler. He took a step backward and tripped on a pallet that was placed in front of the baler. The employee sustained a left femur fracture that required surgery.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.
An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.