Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, 3801 DeWitt Ave, MATTOON, ILLINOIS 61938
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
While operating a divider machine, an employee attempted to clear a dough jam and suffered a left index finger amputation above the first knuckle.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
An employee was replacing an overhead chute that had a hole in it. He began to clean excess cake mix off of the auger when his hand contacted the sifter auger, amputating his index and middle fingers to the first knuckle. The auger was not locked/tagged out at the time.
On September 16, 2016, around 6:00 p.m., an employee was moving away from an area where she had been adjusting a rail to align boxes to the box stop air cylinder when the actuating cylinder of the conveyor belt pinched her left middle finger. Her fingertip was amputated.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 722515)
An employee was cleaning a distilling device when their hand got caught by a capper head wheel. The employee sustained a dislocated wrist and dislocated fingers on their right hand requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was working in a store when they were exposed to carbon monoxide coming from gasoline powered tools in the store next door, which was under construction. The employee suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.
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.