Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY LLC, 12773 State Route 110, NAPOLEON, OHIO 43545
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On February 3, 2020, an employee was checking whether a recirculation pump was clean when the pump started. The pump's blade then partially amputated his left ring finger (entire nail area).
On January 26, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was replacing a temperature probe in a sterilizer and was burned by residual hot water and steam within the line. The employee was hospitalized for first- and second-degree burns to the face, neck, and arm.
An employee was loading glue stock into a labeler machine when the hinge door of the machine fell and pinched the tip of the employee's right ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
On April 1, 2020, an employee was performing a screen and magnet check on a B filler when the employee was burned by hot water. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unjamming a palletizer when the machine actuated, striking the employee and causing facial/head injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
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 311422)
An employee was moving three stacked bins with a pallet jack in the centering room. While turning, the bins struck a wall-mounted control panel, causing an unopened kettle behind the employee to open. Heated bone broth was released. The employee went to close the kettle and came in contact with the hot broth (approximately 200 degrees) resulting in second-degree burns to their legs.
An employee was emptying a strainer into a floor drain in front of a kettle in preparation for broth to be pumped from the kettle. The kettle was tilted and hot broth poured onto the employee, whose neck, back, and foot were scalded.
On January 26, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was replacing a temperature probe in a sterilizer and was burned by residual hot water and steam within the line. The employee was hospitalized for first- and second-degree burns to the face, neck, and arm.
An employee was using an onion peeler. As they went to remove stuck onion peels, the onion peeler caught their glove and pulled their hand in. The employee was hospitalized and required skin graft surgery.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.