Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nestle USA, Inc., 3401 Mt. Prospect Rd., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS 60131
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was manually turning the gears to a slitter machine that had just been cleaned when his right middle and ring fingers were caught in the gears, pinching and amputating the fingertips.
AmputationFingertip(s)Slitters, winders-paper production
While cleaning a conveyor, a temporary employee came into contact with a drive wheel on the conveyor's chain and sprocket. The employee required surgical amputations to the right ring and little fingers.
An employee was using a hoist to lift a piece of equipment from the first floor of the prechill room to the second floor through a section of grating on hinges in the floor about 3 ft. by 6 ft. After the piece of the equipment had been lifted through the hole, the employee fell through the open space onto the floor 12 ft. below and suffered multiple fractures.
An employee was performing a clean-in-place process and took pipes apart. The pipes contained pressurized hot water that burned the employee's head, neck, and back.
An employee was changing a valve on a mixing kettle when a cleaning chemical leaked from the valve onto the employee's left hip, resulting in a chemical burn.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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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.
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