105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

FLAVORCHEM CORPORATION

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FLAVORCHEM CORPORATION, 1525 BROOK DRIVE, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS 60515 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

A temporary employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputated in a spray dryer.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

FLAVORCHEM CORPORATION

On September 8, 2022, an employee was working with cinnamic aldehyde and noticed his arms had some irritation after leaving work for the night. After showering, the irritation became more intense and a rash appeared. The employee was hospitalized for a rash on both arms between the elbow and the wrist.

FLAVORCHEM CORPORATION

An employee was cleaning a pump. While his finger was in the pump's discharge port, the end of his right middle finger was amputated.

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Service Wire Company

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

Oriental Trading Company, Inc.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

Fox Packaging

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

ITW Bedford Wire

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

Sunny Sky Products, LLC

An employee fell approximately 10 feet from an elevated platform to the concrete floor. The employee sustained broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Balchem Corporation

An employee was removing a walkie pallet jack from a pallet in the freezer. As he was dislodging the pallet jack forks that were stuck under the wood pallet, he lost his footing and was spun around landing on the concrete floor underneath the racking. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Caldic USA Inc.

On June 5, 2024, an employee was mixing oils, powders, and other ingredients to make an antioxidant blend (a food ingredient) in a tank. A flash fire occurred and came out of the tank, burning the employee's chest and shoulder.

Givaudan Flavors Corporation

An employee was working on a valve replacement when their left middle finger became caught in the butterfly flapper of the valve, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Lyons Magnus, LLC

An employee was walking when they were struck by a forklift. The employee's leg was caught between the forklift and a storage rack, resulting in a leg injury that required hospitalization.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

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.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.