Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Farmers Pride Incorporated, 154 W. Main Street, FREDERICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17026
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
A leg skinner machine amputated an employee's left ring finger above the knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was cleaning a liver harvest machine. While removing liver/gizzard parts from a plastic auger, the rotating auger amputated his right index fingertip.
The employee was helping truss chickens and had placed her hand on the conveyor belt that was stopped due to a product back up. When the conveyor started, the employee's finger was caught in a metal part. The employee pulled her hand out of the part resulting in amputation of the left middle finger between the end of the nail and the knuckle.
An employee was driving a stand-up rider powered industrial truck (PIT) beside food storage racks when his left thumb was pinched between an upright post for the PIT's overhead guard and a storage rack, de-gloving/amputating his thumb tip.
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 311615)
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.
An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.
On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.