SCHULENBURG, TEXAS—
Dairy Farmers of America
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dairy Farmers of America, 801 JAMES AVENUE, SCHULENBURG, TEXAS 78956 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a piece of wood from a pallet on a roller conveyor when their right middle fingertip was pinched between the pallet and the backstop of the roller conveyor and amputated.
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MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee was inspecting a conveyor shaft, reported as making an irregular sound and vibrating, on the unload side of a pod. The belt on the underside of the running conveyor caught the employee's left middle finger and pulled it into a nip point between the driven shaft and a non-driven shaft. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee was rebuilding a valve on a refrigeration system and had pumped down the ammonia in the system to conduct maintenance. He removed a cover and was sprayed by residual anhydrous ammonia. The employee sustained chemical burns to the face and hands and may have sustained a respiratory injury.
YUMA, COLORADO—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee was pumping milk from a tank into a trailer. The employee was closing a valve on the milk trailer when it forcefully shut around his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
CABOOL, MISSOURI—
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA
An employee was on top of a tanker truck on a platform taking samples and performing cleaning tasks. The employee fell approximately 11 feet to the ground and was hospitalized.
BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY—
Dairy Farmers of America
An employee and two co-workers were manually positioning an 833-pound portable dock plate. While lowering the portable dock to its installation position, it fell and pinched the employee's right middle finger, which resulted in amputation of the distal tip of the finger.
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