HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO—
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., 5820 Executive Blvd., HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO 45424 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was gathering products for an order in the back of a truck while the lift gate was down. The employee fell approximately 5 feet onto the ground, resulting in nine rib fractures, a collarbone fracture, a lung puncture, and a bulging vertebral disc in the back.
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An employee was cleaning the floor next to the A-frame cheese press weighing 1500 lbs. The press wheel got caught in a drain, causing it to tip over and strike the employee. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
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An employee was preparing to load product onto a trailer and was arranging stacks of milk. The hydraulic arm of the dolly loader came forward, pinning his right ankle. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.
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An employee was working in the cooler when their foot got caught in the floor chain that moves product throughout the cooler. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the right foot.
PEORIA, ILLINOIS—
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An employee was adjusting a blow molding milk container machine when it closed on and smashed the employee's right pinky, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee was cleaning around a drain in the area where milk cartons are placed on a conveyor belt. The employee reached in around the conveyor's chain-and-sprocket drive, which pulled and partially amputated the employee's right thumb between the sprocket and chain.
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