Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fieldbrook Foods Corporation, 1989 Rutgers University BLvd, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08701
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pulling wrap from the machine when a finger was caught by the crimper resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx and distal aspect of the middle phalanx.
An employee's finger was struck by the extractor bar on a frozen food machine as it cycled. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger.
An employee was standing at the end of a wrapper line monitoring operating conditions. The employee's left index finger came in contact with a wrapper cutting knife, resulting in amputation of the left index finger.
A temporary employee was cleaning a wrapping machine when the employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught by the crimper bar, amputating the fingertips.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was using an end mill to mill out a section of a metal door frame that he was fabricating. Metal shavings built up and he could not see the marking to cut, so he used a small brush to remove the shavings. While brushing off the shavings, his glove became caught in the spinning mill bit and pulled his hand in. The employee's right index finger contacted the spinning bit, resulting in a partial amputation to the side of the finger.
An employee was unjamming cookie dough from a machine when the rotating pump caught her left index and ring fingers, resulting in fingertip amputations.
An employee was marking a malfunctioning mold when their finger got caught between one section of rollers on the mold and the guarding on the next section of rollers. The employee's finger was amputated below the nailbed.
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