Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kraft Heinz Foods Company LLC, 7500 Forshee Drive, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32216
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
On August 31, 2019, an employee was guiding a roll of film into a pizza sauce machine that was being lowered with an overhead hoist when the employee's hand was caught between the film roll shaft and the cradle of the pizza sauce machine. The employee pulled her hand back and received an amputation of the right index fingertip. The unbalanced film roll struck her on the right side of her face between the nose and cheek, causing blunt trauma to the face. She was hospitalized.
An employee was conducting periodic maintenance on equipment. His right ring finger was caught between the belt and a pulley on a high-pressure pump resulting in amputation down to the middle of the nailbed. The machine was locked out at the time.
On January 5, 2023, an employee was operating a ketchup bottle labeling machine that used a roller system to pump glue onto the labels. Their left hand was crushed in the labeler machine, resulting in a ring finger amputation.
On November 3, 2022, an employee was working in the receiving/shipping area. The employee was adjusting the tension of a conveyor belt while standing near a stairwell. The belt broke, causing the employee to fall approximately five feet onto the second step of the stairwell. He was hospitalized for rib fractures and a hand laceration.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was adjusting the tension on the fruit distribution conveyor belt. While testing the tension, the employee's left hand/arm was pulled into the rollers. The employee's lower left arm was fractured.
Forklift drivers were unloading product from a semi trailer. One employee stopped their forklift about 15-20 feet from the back of the trailer, got out, and began adjusting the forklift's forks. Another forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a compound fracture of the left tibia and was hospitalized.
An employee was in the janitorial closet rearranging the janitor's cart. She stepped back and tripped over the wheel of the cart, causing her to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.