Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Conagra Brands, Inc., 30 Marr Street, MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA 17847
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's left-hand fingers were pulled into the chain and sprocket on a horizontal conveyor. All four fingers were lacerated, and the index and little fingers required partial medical amputations.
An employee was called over to the dinner line due to a black substance under the rotary. The employee was cleaning the black substance from the discharge hole of the rotary when their fingers were struck by the rotary cups. The employee sustained amputation injuries to the middle and ring fingers on their left hand.
On February 10, 2025, an employee was servicing an exhaust fan when its belt caught the employee's glove and pulled it through the pulley. The employee's right little fingertip was amputated.
An employee was reversing a forklift out of the raw meat operation area when her left elbow was caught between the forklift and a stainless steel bollard. The employee sustained multiple fractures to the elbow.
An employee was exiting a room and caught her right thumb in the hinged side of the door, resulting in amputation of approximately two centimeters of her thumb tip.
An employee was inspecting a sorter conveyor. The employee was pulled into the roller, resulting in fractures and degloved skin on the forearm that required hospitalization and surgery. The injury required amputation of the arm below the elbow.
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.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
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 reaching for a piece of angle iron when it fell onto his hand, which was on a table to support him as he reached for the overhead rack. He suffered a broken finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working to open the liftgate on the back of a delivery truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the gate and its frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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 changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.