Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Central Market, 4651 West Freeway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On June 22, 2024, an employee was attempting to clear a jam inside a pasta machine. While they were trying to move the dough through the auger, the auger shifted and the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the auger and the side of the machine. The finger was medically amputated.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
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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