XENIA, OHIO—
BEF Foods Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at BEF Foods Inc., 640 Birch Rd., XENIA, OHIO 45385 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to tack weld and repair a tubular steel livestock gate. The gate was in a bind due to a broken component and was positioned in such a way that a gap was present between the broken component and anchoring rail. As the employee placed the left hand on the anchoring rail, it dropped, pinching the soft tissue of the employee's left index finger between the component and anchor. As the employee pulled the hand back, the employee's left index finger was amputated (without bone loss).
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XENIA, OHIO—
BEF Foods Inc.
An employee was moving a sausage linker when it started to tip over. The employee ran into another piece of equipment and was then hit by the linker. The employee suffered a hematoma and a blunt impact to the left leg and a cut on the little finger, and was hospitalized.
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On December 30, 2020, an employee was manually lifting a roll of film. The employee tripped and fell; the roll landed on their left hand. The end of the employee's fourth finger was amputated.
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An employee was loading corrugated sheets into a box former from a 24" platform beside the equipment. As he was descending from the platform, he swung under the top rail to the floor and momentarily lost his balance. His right hand then entered the maintenance access opening on the backside of the box former, resulting in a partial digit amputation at the middle phalanx of the right index finger.
LIMA, OHIO—
BEF Foods, Inc.
On September 4, 2020, an employee was performing sanitation duties on a horizontal auger when their left arm became caught in the auger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left arm above the elbow.
LIMA, OHIO—
BEF Foods Inc.
An employee was using a T-handled tool to attempt to pull a food-filled drain basket out of the floor. She fell to her left side, landing in the hot water that was flooding the floor. She was burned on the left side, back, and forearm, and was hospitalized.
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