Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JCG Industries, Inc. dba Koch Foods, 2155 Rose Street, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS 60131
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a packing machine. As the employee reached underneath the machine, the machine jaws closed on the employee's finger, resulting in a thumb amputation.
An employee was walking in the box room to retrieve unassembled boxes. He tripped over a plastic quarter pallet that was staged for storage and fell. The employee was hospitalized with injury to his knees and buttocks.
An employee was cleaning and scraping meat off a machine when her gloved hand became caught in the conveyor, resulting in a left little finger amputation.
An employee was spraying a conveyor with water as part of the sanitation process when the employee contacted a sprocket on the conveyor, suffering a flesh wound to the right arm.
An employee was fixing the chain on a tape machine when their fingers were caught between the chain and sprocket. The employee received a laceration to the left hand and broken fingers.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 424490)
An employee was cleaning a depositor machine to setup for a new product run. His right index finger was caught by moving parts in the depositor machine and the fingertip was partially amputated without bone loss.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. While standing beside the equipment, the pallet jack lurched forward, pinning the employee's leg against racking. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.
An employee was on a top stock cart, moving items on shelving on the sales floor. The employee fell and suffered a broken left ankle. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was using a walkie stacker when the merchandise on it shifted and fell onto him. He suffered a head injury and a broken left leg that required surgery. He was hospitalized.
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.