Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Treehouse Foods, 273 Central Avenue, FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30297
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning an automatic roll-up door while working from a ladder. The employee's rag and gloves became caught between the roll-up door, which subsequently broke the employee's left arm.
An employee was using a magnet in the waste bin while cleaning the metal. The employee walked the magnet to the other side of the line, then placed the magnet on a metal surface which caught their hands between the metal and the magnet, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.
An employee was cleaning excess dough from a dough machine's rollers. The employee's hand was caught between the feed roller and the roller die, causing a fingertip amputation.
An employee was doing maintenance work on an air cylinder that operates a jaw bagger when their finger was pinched by the air cylinder. The employee sustained an amputation to the left distal fingertip without bone loss.
On April 18, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an employee was using a spray nozzle when it stopped working then suddenly started up again. He lost control of the nozzle and sprayed his right thumb lacerating it. He was hospitalized for surgery on a torn tendon.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311412)
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An employee was inspecting a pipe in the rice cooking area near an oven. While checking for a clog, the fingers of their right hand were caught in an airlock at the base of the pipe. All the fingers were amputated except the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
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