Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Performance Food Group, Inc., 4041 NE 54th Avenue, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32609
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was stacking a case of products on top of a pallet when he lost his balance and his finger got caught in the pinch point of the electric pallet jack. The employee sustained a partial right middle finger amputation.
An employee was picking items from the freezer section of the warehouse. When he stepped down onto the floor, he turned on the planted foot, and felt a "pop" and pain in his knee. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated knee and two torn tendons. He required surgery to repair the tendons.
An employee was inside a trailer securing food products. The employee went to secure the rear roll-up door by grabbing the rope and started to pull the door down when completed. The rope was wet causing his hands to slip and he lost his balance, falling to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a bulging spinal disc, requiring surgery.
An employee was placing a pallet into a location when they slipped off the platform of the electric pallet jack. As they fell, their left leg was pinched between the pallet jack and a wooden pallet, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.
On September 1, 2022, an employee was operating a conveyor system when a tote containing product spilled. The employee attempted to capture the product when her right hand contacted the roller system, resulting in abrasions and contusions to the back of the hand and hospitalization.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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