Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at B&G Foods, Inc., 443 East 100th Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11236
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a hydraulic pallet lift conveyor to remove cans of tomatoes from a pallet. His leg was between the pallet lift conveyor and a guardrail when the hydraulic control was pressed, causing the pallet conveyor to rise and squeeze his right leg between the pallet and guardrail. His right leg broke.
An employee was logging an entry for product weight when she noticed a small crack in one of the jars of sauce. The employee was disposing of the jar when it broke, spilling hot tomato sauce into the top of her left boot. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the left ankle and foot.
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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