Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Pinched nerve
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flowers Foods, Inc., 4300 South 26th St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19112
on — Pinched nerve, affecting the Shoulder(s) and arm(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the L-30 transfer conveyor belts with a rag and cleaning solution. The employee's arm tripped a sensor, causing the belts to close on their arm. The employee suffered nerve damage in their shoulder and arm and were hospitalized. The machine was not de-energized and lock out/tag out was performed.
Hospitalized Shoulder(s) and arm(s) Conveyors belt, slot, chain
An employee was clearing dough from a dough hook when the equipment was reenergized and the employee's left arm became entangled with the hook. The employee sustained injuries to tendons in their left hand and arm.
An employee was cleaning a baking machine with a water hose when their left index finger got caught within a chain and sprocket that was driving the machine's conveyor, resulting in amputation.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
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