Fall on same level, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OSI Group, LLC, 4545 S. Racine, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee standing at floor level fell backwards and hit his head. He was hospitalized.
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to move a rack with long metal poles. One side of the rack lifted higher than the other and the poles slid and struck his right foot, resulting in fractures to his right metatarsals that required surgery.
An employee was performing dry cleaning operations on a food forming machine when their left middle finger was struck by a plunger mechanism and they sustained a partial fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
During cleaning and setup, two employees were reinserting a 5-inch barrel into a riser on a sausage forming machine. The barrel went past its set point and amputated an employee's left little fingertip.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.