Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LSG sky Chefs Inc, Orlando International Airport- LSG Maintenance Shop, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32827
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was holding the lock for a cable door assembly. When the assembly was released, his left thumb was caught by the door latch braided steel cable resulting in a partial amputation to the thumb tip.
HospitalizedAmputation Thumb(s) Door and window hardware Hinges, latches, etc.
An employee was preparing meat logs to be placed in the meat slicer. The employee's hand slipped down while the meat slicer was in operation and the blade caused an amputation to the left middle finger.
Changing the brushes of an engine. A cable got caught by the rotating engine. The employee attempted to retrieve it and his right hand was pulled to the engine. He suffered a severe laceration on the upper part of the hand.
An employee was ground guiding a food catering truck on an airport terminal ramp when a baggage cart vehicle struck the employee, fracturing both of the employee's femurs.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was diagnosing the lack of flow of product to a powder bin. The employee removed the rotary star valve below the bin. While he was reinstalling the valve, his right middle finger was crushed between its shaft and its housing. The finger was partially amputated.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
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 conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.
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