Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bay Valley Foods, 1080 River Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15212
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
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Final narrative
An employee bent over to pick up cans that had fallen from an accumulation table. When the employee stood up, the employee was struck by the stacker arm. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right radius bone that required surgery.
On December 21, 2021, an employee was working on a packaging line. She turned to get a box from a metal table behind her; her foot caught on an anti-fatigue mat and she fell backward onto the table. She suffered a punctured lung and three broken ribs.
An employee was manually moving a rack weighing 500-800 pounds when it tipped over on top of the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the upper left leg and ankle.
An employee was cleaning out the drain port underneath a mixer tank. He removed the drain port cap and was attempting to clear out the port when the mixer ribbon (metal agitator) struck his hand and partially amputated three fingers.
While operating a stacker machine, an employee attempted to remove a fallen product container that was blocking a sensor that controlled the conveyor. When the fallen container was removed, the conveyor began to move. The employee was wearing cut resistant gloves, and the glove on her right hand was caught by the chain and sprocket of the chain conveyor. She right-hand middle finger was partially amputated and required surgery.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311422)
An employee was moving three stacked bins with a pallet jack in the centering room. While turning, the bins struck a wall-mounted control panel, causing an unopened kettle behind the employee to open. Heated bone broth was released. The employee went to close the kettle and came in contact with the hot broth (approximately 200 degrees) resulting in second-degree burns to their legs.
An employee was emptying a strainer into a floor drain in front of a kettle in preparation for broth to be pumped from the kettle. The kettle was tilted and hot broth poured onto the employee, whose neck, back, and foot were scalded.
On January 26, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was replacing a temperature probe in a sterilizer and was burned by residual hot water and steam within the line. The employee was hospitalized for first- and second-degree burns to the face, neck, and arm.
An employee was using an onion peeler. As they went to remove stuck onion peels, the onion peeler caught their glove and pulled their hand in. The employee was hospitalized and required skin graft surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.