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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kraft Heinz Foods Company, 1301 Oberlin Ave SW, MASSILLON, OHIO 44647 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was operating a blender and feeding ingredients. He opened the door to clear the ingredients off the blade and his right hand contacted the blade resulting in a hand fracture and amputations to four fingertips.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

An employee was grabbing a pedestal fan. The employee's thumb went through the guarding and contacted the fan blade. The thumb tip was amputated.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

An employee was descending a rolling staircase. The employee fell from the staircase to the floor below, suffering a broken right knee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment and surgery.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

An employee was using an industrial size dust collector (vacuum) to clear out a packaging machine. The employee's hand became caught in a turning valve roll in the packaging machine, resulting in the amputation of the right index and middle fingertips. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

An employee was removing ketchup from a fixed pusher bar. The employee's fingernail was caught in the conveyor; the fingernail was removed, the fingertip was amputated, and the distal phalanx was fractured.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

While pushing a wheel caster with a cart, an employee ran into another piece of equipment. This created a pinch point between the employee's hand and the equipment, resulting in a left fifth fingertip amputation.

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