Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc., 3345 Bulter Ave., SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60411
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee went to the south side of a machine to grab an extruded plastic sheet and realized the roller assembly was in the up position instead of down. While the assembly was lowering, the employee leaned forward over the tote bin. The roller assembly continued and made contact with the employee's back, causing the employee's torso to be wedged between the roller assembly and tote bin resulting in a fractured sternum.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersExtruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.
At about 9:00 a.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was feeding a scrap sheet into a grinder when their right hand was caught between a bar (which kept tension on the sheet) and the steel frame of the machine guarding. The employee suffered bruising to the hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee had just driven a forklift onto a trailer and was stepping down from the forklift cab onto the trailer bed. He stepped onto a chain/buckle system (used to secure the forklift to the trailer bed during travel) and fell from the deck. He suffered a head laceration and two broken vertebrae and was hospitalized.
The injured employee was leaving to go to lunch when he and another employee tried going through the office door at the same time. The employees bumped into each other and the injured employee lost his balance and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was pushing mailers when the arm/knife of a picking counter machine caught their hand. The employee suffered the amputation of their right middle finger above the knuckle. The machine was not sufficiently guarded.
An employee was using a belt sanding machine to put a 45-degree angle on the end of a metal flat-bar (1"W x 24"L x 3/8"T). The flat bar was caught between the tool-rest and the belt, causing the opposite end of the flat bar that the employee was holding to spring back toward the machine. Their left hand struck the belt/machine guard resulting in amputation of 3/4 of their little finger. Their ring finger was also lacerated.
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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