Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Green Plains Inc., 1414 Road "O", YORK, NEBRASKA 68467
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was checking a conveyor through an inspection port. The employee's left hand was caught in the inspection port and lacerated, on the top and bottom, by the paddles on the auger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was injured while unloading a grain truck delivering corn to the facility. The employee slipped on loose grain and fell backwards. His left foot made contact with an unguarded belt conveyor resulting in a broken ankle that required surgery to repair.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
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