Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC, 40 Furlong Drive, REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS 02151
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting beef feet for soup bones with a band saw when the employee's finger contacted the blade and was amputated.
An employee was selecting cases to place on his pallet using an electric pallet jack when a nearby pallet jack backed into him. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.
An employee was loading empty pallets on a trailer. He slipped on the outside dock and fell backward; his leg was caught between the dock and the trailer. An electric pallet jack then ran over his leg, resulting in a femur fracture.
An employee was unloading crates of apples that weighed approximately 20 to 30 pounds when he fell and hit his head against the base of a shopping cart. He suffered a head laceration and two fractured vertebrae.
An employee was caught between two electric pallet jacks when one of them began moving. The employee suffered a broken right foot and was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.
An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.