Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bunge North America, Inc., 1400 Market St., DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the house of the grain probe machine and their left hand was caught inside the opened area of the probe cylinder resulting in partial amputations to the middle and index fingers.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, unspecified
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was trying to redistribute the load on his trailer by adjusting/sliding the tandem wheels on the rear of the trailer. He started to pull the air release valve to release the pins, lost his balance, and had to put his hand on the tandem frame rail. The rail system caught and amputated the tip of his right middle finger.
An employee was getting the barge ready for a load of soy beans. The employee opened the top door of the grain barge and lost his balance, falling 10 to 14 ft. to the bottom of the barge and resulting in blunt force trauma and multiple broken bones.
On December 23, 2020, an employee was cleaning overhead piping using an extended brush on an 8-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder began to tip and the employee fell to the floor, suffering two broken bones in the ankle that required surgery.
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An employee was riding a belted man lift when his fall protection became caught in the man lift. The employee fell approximately 8 feet and broke his lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.
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