Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pepperidge Farm Inc. , 2222 Interstate Drive, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33805
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
On 02/18/2020, at 9:15 a.m., an employee was working on a packaging line that was feeding film when product started jamming. As he attempted to get a better visual of the heat cramp sealer, his right hand was pulled into the heat cramp sealer area, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. The heat cramp sealer was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee lifted a door above a basket stacking machine. As the employee went to unlatch the door to lower it back down, the door dropped and struck the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation above the knuckle.
On October 5, 2022, an employee was removing a bolt from a magnet on a maintenance workbench. The magnet tipped over and fell onto his hand, crushing and causing an amputation to a finger.
On February 27, 2022, an employee was moving a skid of ingredients with a walk behind powered pallet jack while walking backward. When he turned a corner, his right foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a concrete bollard. He suffered a broken right leg.
An employee was working in the layer cake department at the second stage icing machine. The employee went to remove a defective cake from the line when her finger was caught in the carousel conveyor and 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.
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