Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pure's Food Specialties, LLC, 2929 S. 25th Ave., BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS 60155
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While dispensing icing into a container, an employee went to unclog some of the material from a mixer. A rotating shaft inside the mixer caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
More severe injuries at Pure's Food Specialties, LLC
An employee was helping an equipment operator remove the cover and dye roll on a rotary machine. The employee's hand slipped on a fixed roller and came into contact with a knife edge. Two fingertips on the employee's left hand were 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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333294)
An employee was walking in an aisle in a warehouse when they were struck by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was knocked down and part of their right foot was run over. The third toe was medically amputated to the first joint.
An employee was picking orders in a freezer warehouse. He developed frostbite in both middle fingers; the right middle finger was partially medically amputated. The incident occurred during a training activity.
An employee was operating a brake press to flatten a piece of metal when their left hand contacted the die on the brake press, resulting in amputations of the middle and ring fingers at the second joint.
During assembly operations, a temporary employee was installing a chain on a sprocket when his hand got caught between the chain and a railing, resulting in an amputation of the left middle fingertip that was able to be reattached.
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 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.