Rana Meal Solutions, LLC

An employee was walking between two buildings when they slipped and fell on newly formed ice caused by a fire pump that was discharging water after a sprinkler was activated. The employee suffered a contusion to the back of their head.

An employee was searching for pieces of a broken ball check valve around the rotating filler valve when the valve closed on their fingertip. Their left index finger was amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.

An employee was removing a flexible hose from a production pipeline. The hose end detached from the pipeline end and sprayed the employee with hot water. The employee suffered burns to the left and right wrists and the front of the leg.

An employee was on a work platform about 5 inches above floor level, packing finished product at the end of a production line. When she stepped back off the work platform, she fell backward and suffered a head contusion.

On January 16, 2019, at approximately 3:35 p.m., a machine operator was working to run normal production on the ravioli forming machine. The employee was tasked with continuously supplying (feeding) the filling into the machine and to start/stop the machine to make small production adjustments to the product. At some point during production, the injured employee contacted moving components inside the machine and sustained an amputation, without bone loss, to the middle fingertip of the left hand.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially 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.

An employee was painting a wall. They fell down three steps and landed on a plastic mop bucket and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their right arm and right hip, and required surgery.

An employee was using an electric jack to load a pallet onto a truck when he was struck from behind by a forklift, resulting in a laceration to his right leg.

An employee was performing maintenance on a tray packer. They put a piece of cardboard down onto the belt of the tray packer and stood on the belt. The belt started, causing the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 2 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee was adding cilantro to the dicing machine when it became jammed. While clearing the jam, the blade amputated approximately 1/2" to 3/4" of his right middle finger.

An employee was cleaning and sanitizing a mixer when the machine was activated. The employee's hand was caught in the machine and he sustained the amputation of his right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

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 mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

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.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.