READING, PENNSYLVANIA—
Dairy Farmers of America
Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dairy Farmers of America, 100 McKinley Ave, READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19605 on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking across the floor to inspect an eyewash station. The employee slipped and fell on the wet floor, suffering a broken right ankle and right wrist, and was hospitalized.
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MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
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An employee was inspecting a conveyor shaft, reported as making an irregular sound and vibrating, on the unload side of a pod. The belt on the underside of the running conveyor caught the employee's left middle finger and pulled it into a nip point between the driven shaft and a non-driven shaft. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee was rebuilding a valve on a refrigeration system and had pumped down the ammonia in the system to conduct maintenance. He removed a cover and was sprayed by residual anhydrous ammonia. The employee sustained chemical burns to the face and hands and may have sustained a respiratory injury.
YUMA, COLORADO—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee was pumping milk from a tank into a trailer. The employee was closing a valve on the milk trailer when it forcefully shut around his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
CABOOL, MISSOURI—
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA
An employee was on top of a tanker truck on a platform taking samples and performing cleaning tasks. The employee fell approximately 11 feet to the ground and was hospitalized.
BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee and two co-workers were manually positioning an 833-pound portable dock plate. While lowering the portable dock to its installation position, it fell and pinched the employee's right middle finger, which resulted in amputation of the distal tip of the finger.
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