Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bluetriton, 405 Nestle Way, BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 18031
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam in a palletizing machine when the machine energized trapping the employee's arms. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left forearm and a puncture wound to the right arm.
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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An employee was conducting maintenance on the bag in box (BIB) palletizer machine when the motor chain jumped, pulling his right index finger into the chain drive attached to the motor and causing a fingertip amputation.
An employee was clearing a piece of tape from the tape dispenser when their hand contacted the cutting implement on the dispenser. The employee suffered the amputation of their right index finger.
An employee was troubleshooting a bottle machine because the nozzle was stuck in the up position. The employee went to check for pre-blow air and the nozzle dropped back down to its starting position, catching his right index fingertip against the mold base. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation to the first digit.
An employee was attempting to clear a bottle jam when they were pinned to the wall by the arm of a robotic bottle stacker. The employee sustained an abdominal injury that required hospitalization. The machine was not guarded at the time.
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.
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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.