Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Land O' Lakes, Incorporated, 405 Park Drive, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17015
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pushing material forward on a conveyor belt. The employee's left index finger was caught between the rollers and the belt resulting in amputation of the pad of the finger.
An employee was clearing a jam on a machine when a coworker re-activated it, causing stored air to cycle the machine parts, which pinched and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was removing an elbow on the bottom of a tank to fix a clog when they were sprayed with hot water and a caustic chemical, resulting in burns to their chest and back.
An employee was unclogging the drain of a butter trolley that is used to transport churned butter to be packaged. His right middle finger contacted the auger at the bottom of the trolley resulting in amputation at the middle knuckle. The drain was not guarded at the time.
At 6:30 a.m. on July 1, 2022, an employee was helping tear down a pasteurization milk plate when hot water was discharged from a pipe. While moving to avoid the water, the employee fell, suffering a dislocated right shoulder as well as burns on her back from the water.
An employee was using a band to pull pallets of cans off a truck when the band snapped, causing the employee to fall backwards onto the floor. The employee suffered a fractured left arm and hand.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.