Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc., 601 N. Milwaukee Ave., WHEELING, ILLINOIS 60090
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a pasta machine when it amputated his right index fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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An employee pulled out a bucket of hot oil from under the fryer. The employee then stood on the table to clean the back wall. He stepped down into the bucket of hot oil, resulting in third-degree burns to his left leg.
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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.