Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Fresh Market, Inc., 3775 Lake Emma Road, LAKE MARY, FLORIDA 32746
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a meat grinder. The machine activated and the spinning worm drive auger amputated his right ring finger at the first knuckle.
An employee was standing in front of a vehicle to prevent it from leaving an area. The vehicle ran over the employee, breaking the employee's right leg.
An employee was organizing merchandise on an upper shelf when she lost her balance and fell on her right hip, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization.
An employee was decorating from a 3-foot stepladder. While turning to descend the ladder, the employee slipped and fell to the floor, lacerating the head and fracturing the right knee/leg.
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.
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