Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC, 40236 State Highway 10, DELHI, NEW YORK 13753
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a palletizer machine that wasn't running smoothly. The employee laid on his back and reached up into the machine when his finger got caught in the chain, resulting in an amputation at one of the knuckles.
An employee was preparing to sanitize the piping system on the milk and cream production system. Upon removing a clamp, hot water shot from the pipe, causing the employee to sustain second-degree burns from his shoulder to his wrist.
An employee was loosening a clamp on a steam line for a carton filling machine. Steam burst out of the pipe where the clamp was and burned the employee's chest and arms.
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an actuator when an air fitting came out of the valve, causing the actuator to come down on the employee's right index finger. The employee suffered an amputation of the right index finger between the first and second knuckles.
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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.
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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 performing rear brake shoe service on a truck. The employee was using a prybar to remove a spring when the spring slipped from the S-cam and amputated his left index fingertip.
An employee was unjamming a case that was stuck in a case washer machine when their pants became entangled in a chain, causing them to be sprayed with hot water from the machine. They employee suffered burns from the hot water.
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An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.