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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc., 601 3rd Street, LAMPASAS, TEXAS 76550 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was attempting to remove a dough buildup from a line when the line amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers to the first knuckle.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc.

An employee was disassembling a dull extruder machine when the machine's plate crushed the employee's left ring and middle fingers, fracturing one and crushing the bone in the other. Both fingers had to be surgically amputated above the first knuckle.

Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc.

An employee was carrying empty boxes when she tripped between two pallets and fell, breaking her hip and requiring hospitalization.

Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc.

An employee was driving a forklift into the freezer to retrieve product. As the employee traveled over an uneven portion of the floor, it caused the forklift to swerve. The employee's left elbow was caught between the forklift and a post, breaking bones and dislocating the left elbow.

AJINOMOTO WINDSOR INC.

While an employee was cleaning a bagging machine on 1/23/2016, the employee's fingertip was caught and amputated in the machine.

Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc.

An employee was operating a Solbern conveyor. The products being transported on the conveyor became jammed at the end of the conveyor. The operator attempted to clear the jam by reaching underneath the conveyor and removing the product that was stuck between the conveyor and a tray. The operator's right ring finger was caught in a belt underneath the conveyor and the skin was peeled from the tip of the finger. The finger was amputated just below the finger nail at the hospital.

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DGS Import, LLC

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Bauer Foundation Corp.

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.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

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.

Alsco Inc.

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America Inc.

An employee was performing maintenance under a kettle. When he removed a tri-clamp on a transfer line, the hot fat and broth material in the kettle poured out onto his arm. The employee was hospitalized with burns.

J.R. Simplot Co

An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Sage V Foods, LLC

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.

Palermo Villa, Inc.

An employee was removing dough from the discharge at the bottom of a mixer when the scraper contacted his left index finger and amputated it.

T G Meat Center LLC

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

Professional Flooring Supply

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

EnviroSafe Demil LLC

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

Inteplast Group

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

Regency IHS of Fairwinds Halletsville, LLC

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.