Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Berner Food & Beverage, Inc., 2034 E. Factory Road, DAKOTA, ILLINOIS 61018
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
On October 17, 2019, at 9:50 a.m., an employee was clearing soft condiment from a blocked pipe on a displacement pump when his left index finger contacted the moving propellers inside the pipe, amputating his fingertip. The equipment was not de-energized and locked out at the time of the incident.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
More severe injuries at Berner Food & Beverage, Inc.
On May 1, 2019, an employee was walking toward the packaging conveyor to remove boxes when she tripped and landed on her right knee resulting in a hairline fracture of her right patella.
On April 8, 2019, at 12:26 p.m., an employee was using a manual rolling light duty tilt truck to dump collected garbage into a dumpster at the dock. The employee tilted the truck and its contents backward, and while doing so, his hand was caught between the metal handle of the tilt truck and the edge of the dumpster, amputating his right pinky fingertip.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311513)
An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was changing an O-ring on a pneumatic valve. The employee had placed the valve on his work cart and was applying air to open the valve and access the O-ring. After changing the O-ring, the valve closed on his fingertip, crushing it. He was taken to the hospital, where he received an amputation.
An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
The injured employee was carrying totes of cheese when they tripped over another employee's foot/ankle and fell to the cement floor. The injured employee sustained six fractured ribs on the left side and was hospitalized.
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.