Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Open wounds, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JCG Industries, Inc. dba Koch Foods, 4404 W. Berteau Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60641
on — Open wounds, unspecified, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was spraying a conveyor with water as part of the sanitation process when the employee contacted a sprocket on the conveyor, suffering a flesh wound to the right arm.
An employee was walking in the box room to retrieve unassembled boxes. He tripped over a plastic quarter pallet that was staged for storage and fell. The employee was hospitalized with injury to his knees and buttocks.
An employee was cleaning and scraping meat off a machine when her gloved hand became caught in the conveyor, resulting in a left little finger amputation.
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a packing machine. As the employee reached underneath the machine, the machine jaws closed on the employee's finger, resulting in a thumb amputation.
An employee was fixing the chain on a tape machine when their fingers were caught between the chain and sprocket. The employee received a laceration to the left hand and broken fingers.
Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.
Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.
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An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).
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.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.