Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Knouse Foods, Inc., 800 Peach Glen-Idaville Rd., PEACH GLEN, PENNSYLVANIA 17375
on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the Nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was working in the engine room, adjusting the oil pressure, when they were exposed to ammonia gas and sustained burns.
Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Ammonia and ammonium compounds, unspecified
An employee was using a wrench to unjam a metal basket that was being used in an apple cooking process. When the basket was unjammed, it struck his left middle finger, knocking it against a steam injection cooker. The fingertip was broken and partially amputated.
An employee was adjusting the tension on the fruit distribution conveyor belt. While testing the tension, the employee's left hand/arm was pulled into the rollers. The employee's lower left arm was fractured.
Forklift drivers were unloading product from a semi trailer. One employee stopped their forklift about 15-20 feet from the back of the trailer, got out, and began adjusting the forklift's forks. Another forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a compound fracture of the left tibia and was hospitalized.
An employee was in the janitorial closet rearranging the janitor's cart. She stepped back and tripped over the wheel of the cart, causing her to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.