Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Simmons Foods, Inc., 832 E. 3rd Street, MILAN, MISSOURI 63556
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning product debris off a grind wheel plate. As his left ring finger was in the grind wheel plate hole, it was caught between/struck by the grinder plate and the knife blades, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was walking from one chicken house to another when he slipped on tall, damp grass and fell to the sloped ground landing on his back and neck. The employee sustained a neck injury that required surgery.
An employee was connecting a hose to a batter mix pump to assemble the batter machine when their hand slipped and was caught in the impeller of the pump, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was monitoring bags as they were conveyed into the X-ray/scale sensors. The arm of the reject conveyor closed on her right arm. The employee was hospitalized with compartment syndrome of the right arm.
An employee was reaching for a piece of chicken on the underside of a hopper conveyor belt when the employee's left hand was caught between the hopper conveyor belt and frame, resulting in an amputated index fingertip and avulsion of the nailbed and flesh.
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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