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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Shaw's Southern Belle Frozen Foods, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Shaw's Southern Belle Frozen Foods, Inc., 821 VIRGINIA STREET, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32208 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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On November 22, 2021, at 7:15 AM, an employee was operating a ribbon mixer that was not discharging properly. The employee checked the discharge area and the mixer blades amputated their right middle fingertip and severely lacerated the right ring fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

DGS Import, LLC

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

Millennium Mat Company

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

Bauer Foundation Corp.

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.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

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.

Alsco Inc.

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.

Noxubee County Producers, Inc.

An employee was working on a fillet machine when it caught his right little finger, lacerating and breaking it.

Buckhead Orlando

An employee was cutting a fish hung up on a hook using a knife when the hook came off, causing his hand to slip. The employee's right thumb was severely lacerated by the knife.

Openwater Seafood LLC

An employee was clearing a jam in a fish skinning machine when his hand became caught between two plastic cogs that operate the conveyor belt. His hand was injured and required surgery. His left index finger was surgically amputated. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

Circle Seafoods Qalib, Inc.

An employee was in a tunnel freezer, which was being turned on for the first time. The baffling for the evaporator fan got stuck in the siding. The employee ascended a 5'9"-tall cart to reach the raised baffling panel. The raised baffling shifted and dropped, trapping the employee's arm between the aluminum and foam core baffling. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the lower forearm/upper wrist and severed ligaments. The employee was hospitalized.

Aquamar, Inc.

An employee was using tongs to grab shrimp when their finger got caught inside the tongs. The employee sustained an amputation to their fingertip.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.