Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TH Foods, Inc., 2154 Harlem Rd., LOVES PARK, ILLINOIS 61111
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was checking moisture on the sheet conveyor belt. The employee's left hand was pulled between the two conveyor belts and pinched between a roller. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a muscle injury. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a honey roaster. The employee loaded a basket of ingredients to lower into the roasting kettle. There was slack in the hoisting chain, and the employee reached around the roaster's plexiglass guard to move the basket into the kettle. The employee was splashed with oil, resulting in second-degree burns to their arm, calf, and abdomen.
An employee was moving a conveyor system when it tipped over and fell on the employee. The employee broke a leg, fingers, ribs, and vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.
On October 21, 2016, an employee was packing finished goods onto trays. The trays were on a flexible conveyor system. One of the trays turned sideways and as the employee attempted to straighten the tray out , her right ring fingertip was caught and amputated between two links of the conveyor.
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 311821)
An employee was using an air hose to blow built-up dough off the rollers under the cutting apron on a conveyor belt line. The air stopped working and they went to manually remove the dough when their right hand was pulled into the pinch point between the apron and roller. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their right forearm that required surgery.
An employee was conducting maintenance work on an stainless steel auger feeder (flexible screw conveyor) in the seasoning room. The lower end of the feeder came loose from the hopper. The employee lifted the auger to position it when the auger feed initiated and energized the auger. His hands were pulled into the auger, resulting in hospitalization with a partial amputation of the right thumb.
An employee was walking down a flight of stairs from a catwalk to a production area. The employee missed a step, fell down the stairs, and suffered broken ribs.
An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine. While adjusting the air pressure of the machine, the forming head triggered and the lever struck his left index finger. The finger was cut and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was retrieving a pen that fell under a cross conveyor when her right arm became entrapped between the conveyor belt and the underside drive roller. Her forearm was fractured.
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.