Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Conagra Brands, Inc., 3801 Dewitt Ave, MATTOON, ILLINOIS 61938
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's glove was caught between a conveyor and drive sprocket while the employee was pushing accumulated bagels forward on the conveyor, resulting in a partial amputation of her right index finger.
An employee was called over to the dinner line due to a black substance under the rotary. The employee was cleaning the black substance from the discharge hole of the rotary when their fingers were struck by the rotary cups. The employee sustained amputation injuries to the middle and ring fingers on their left hand.
On February 10, 2025, an employee was servicing an exhaust fan when its belt caught the employee's glove and pulled it through the pulley. The employee's right little fingertip was amputated.
An employee was reversing a forklift out of the raw meat operation area when her left elbow was caught between the forklift and a stainless steel bollard. The employee sustained multiple fractures to the elbow.
An employee was exiting a room and caught her right thumb in the hinged side of the door, resulting in amputation of approximately two centimeters of her thumb tip.
An employee was inspecting a sorter conveyor. The employee was pulled into the roller, resulting in fractures and degloved skin on the forearm that required hospitalization and surgery. The injury required amputation of the arm below the elbow.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311812)
An employee (who had recently walked through water accumulated on the floor) slipped and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and right elbow and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was performing maintenance on a production line, requiring a testing and positioning phase for the whipped cream dispensers. The employee was positioning the dispensers using wrenches when one of the sensors was triggered by the pie pans coming down the line. The depositor heads lowered and pinched the employee's left ring finger, resulting in an amputated fingertip. The whipped cream dispensers were not guarded at the time and the line was not locked out/tagged out.
During a line changeover, an employee was rinsing a depositor with water. The employee was working to remove a piece of chocolate, stuck in the machine's roller, when the roller's moving parts caught his middle finger. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip with bone loss.
An employee was emptying a trash can into a dumpster. He tripped while turning around, fell over a rail onto the concrete floor, and broke bones in his back and wrist.
During a changeover, an employee was wiping down the dough chunker machine and the chunker closed on his left hand. The employee sustained crushing/laceration injuries, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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.