Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Qvest Sanitation LLC, Monogram Foods, PLOVER, WISCONSIN 54467
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On April 10, 2017, an employee was cleaning equipment when it partially amputated the employee's left middle and ring fingers. The equipment was not locked out at the time.
An employee was checking the rotating paddles of a meat blender to ensure they were clean when she lost her balance and her fingers became pinched between the paddle and the wall of the blender. The employee sustained the amputation of her right index finger and lacerations to her middle and ring fingers.
An employee was scrubbing and cleaning a conveyor belt. When he knelt down to scrub underneath the belt, his hand was caught between the belt and the turn sprocket. The employee's left middle finger was amputated.
While descending an 8-foot ladder an employee slipped off of a rung and fell backward, hitting his head on a 4-foot metal safety pole during the fall. The employee sustained a head injury.
An employee was cleaning the deli slicing room conveyor belt (the belt after the slicer) when the belt caught his glove and pulled his hand into the roller of the drive shaft. His left middle finger 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.
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