Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GILSTER MARY LEE, 3727 East 27th St., JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64804
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a bagging machine on the production line. When she changed the bags, her finger was caught in the jaw assembly and her left index fingertip was amputated.
An employee was loading bags on a pallet. The employee's leg became caught in wrapping material and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken tibia.
An employee was cleaning on the third-floor mezzanine when they fell through an access hatch and landed on the second-floor mezzanine. The employee sustained a broken collar bone, a broken rib, a possibly broken vertebra, and a brain hematoma.
An employee was pushing wet corn meal down into the throat of a twin screw cooker with his left hand when his fingers were caught in the ingoing nip point of the twin screws. He suffered amputation injuries to four fingers (excluding the thumb) on his left hand.
An employee was folding cartons to put them on a conveyor when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and amputated in a belt and pulley. The belt and pulley were unguarded at the time.
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.
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An employee was changing the belt of a sorting machine. He was on his knees, changing the drive belt under the machine, when lost his balance and hit his head on the framework. He suffered an injury that caused numbness in both arms and hands and was hospitalized.
An employee was removing product build-up from the corners of the jump belt on a machine. The machine started and the employee's left thumb was caught between the guiderail and the belt. Their thumb tip was amputated.
An employee was monitoring the food stream from the picker into a cooling valve when she saw a piece of plastic on the food. As she attempted to remove the plastic, the picker wrapped around and pulled her hand, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
An employee was installing a clean bran mash hopper when their right little finger was caught between the hopper and a pipe, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was at the top of a rolling step lock ladder taking a bolt out of a sprocket using a box wrench. When the bolt broke loose, the employee lost his balance and fell backward 4-5 feet onto the floor. He sustained fractures to the clavicle, scapula, and three ribs as well as a laceration to the back of his head.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.