Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gold Standard Baking, Inc., 3700 S. Kedize Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60632
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was putting trays on a conveyor. The chain came off the sprocket. While trying to get it back on, the employee suffered an amputation to the tip of the left ring finger.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Conveyors-chain
More severe injuries at Gold Standard Baking, Inc.
On December 29, 2018, two employees were moving a drum with a forklift. One employee's hand was caught between the drum and the forks of the forklift, causing an amputation of the right middle finger.
An employee was placing a tray on a conveyor line when their finger was pinched between the conveyor's belt and side rail. The employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputated.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311811)
An employee was operating a stretch wrap machine in the packaging area when his little finger was caught in the machine's chain mechanism. He sustained a fracture to the tuft of the finger and was hospitalized. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
On August 12, 2025, an employee was performing maintenance on a motor and suffered an amputation to the left index fingertip, as well as a laceration to the left middle finger.
An employee was performing sanitation tasks and adjusting a valve by tapping it with a rubber mallet. The valve came apart and the employee was sprayed with 180-190-degree water. He was hospitalized with thermal burns to multiple parts of the body.
An employee was cleaning ovens from a three-step ladder. The ladder slipped, causing employee to lose balance and fall to the floor, suffering a broken left leg.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.