Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stahl-Meyer Foods, Inc., 294 SW Harvey Green Drive, MADISON, FLORIDA 32340
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
On May 31, 2022, at 10:15 a.m., an employee finished repairing a packaging machine. When the machine started, the employee went to remove folded film on the sealer jaws and the jaws closed on his left hand resulting in amputation of the index, middle and ring fingertips.
On July 25, 2025, at 11:21 a.m., an employee was sitting underneath the forks of a forklift while performing maintenance on the forklift when the forks dropped onto them, resulting in a broken femur.
An employee was moving a movable rack containing meats to the smoker when another employee also using a movable rack rammed into him, causing his right middle finger to be caught between the two racks. The employee suffered an amputation without bone loss to his right middle finger.
An employee was cutting meat on a band saw when the saw cut the side and back portion of his left thumb. He received lacerations and an avulsion to his left thumb.
On February 7, 2019, an employee was standing on a dock plate when a truck pulled forward from the dock. He fell 4 feet to the floor, suffering a compound fracture to the lower right leg. He was hospitalized.
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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