Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bunge Milling, Inc., 321 E North St., DANVILLE, ILLINOIS 61832
on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
On February 23, 2022, an employee was operating an automatic palletizer machine. The employee approached the chain conveyor to adjust a crooked slip sheet on a pallet when their pullover sweatshirt sleeve was caught in the moving chain conveyor. The employee slipped on the concrete floor while attempting to free the sleeve from the chain conveyor and fell, sustaining a fractured left arm above the elbow. The employee was hospitalized.
A maintenance employee was working on the outfeed of a palletizer that wasn't running. He used a wrench and chain puller to make repairs. Once running, the equipment pulled his left hand into a chain and sprocket drive. The employee suffered a fracture to the middle finger, a laceration to the ring finger, and partial amputation of the little finger.
An employee had been troubleshooting an extruder machine. The employee was struck by steam that came through a bolt hole and sustained second degree burns to the neck. The employee was hospitalized.
On September 1, 2020, at approximately 8:00 p.m., an employee was working on conduit for a new installation from the platform of a scissor lift that was not yet elevated when it came in contact with (and was dragged by) a rotary dryer. The employee was crushed between the scissor lift and the rotary blower, suffering fractures on his mandible, clavicle, and right orbital bone. He was hospitalized.
An employee was conducting maintenance operations when he attempted to clean flour out of a pipe so he could look inside. His right index finger was caught in the pipe, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311211)
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 checking a flour roll stand for a blockage. The employee's right hand was caught in an ingoing nip point on the machine, causing partial amputations to the thumb and middle, ring, and little fingers.
An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to adjust an exhaust pipe on the wall to let the heat out. The employee fell 4-5 feet and injured his right tibia and ankle.
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.