AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION

An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated in the turret of a bag collator. The machine was running and a guard was in place at the time.

An employee was attempting to cut a lock off a drum using a grinder. The grinder sparked and created a flame that burned the employee's left forearm and hand.

An employee was clearing bags from a machine when the open roll knife amputated their right index fingertip.

An employee was clearing a jam on a paper plate machine when they contacted the machine's blade, resulting in amputation of four fingers on the left hand.

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when they suffered a partial amputation of the right ring finger.

An employee pulled out a bucket of hot oil from under the fryer. The employee then stood on the table to clean the back wall. He stepped down into the bucket of hot oil, resulting in third-degree burns to his left leg.

An employee was performing maintenance under a kettle. When he removed a tri-clamp on a transfer line, the hot fat and broth material in the kettle poured out onto his arm. The employee was hospitalized with burns.

After completing a run with an oil distributor truck, an employee was working to return (suction) the hot oil to the tank of the truck. When the employee opened one of the valves, hot oil (approximately 385 degrees) sprayed their face, resulting in first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a water hose to clean debris out of the outfeed of a log conditioning vat. Water began entering the vat from the adjoining vat through a void in the separation wall at the infeed of the vats. As the employee was exiting the vat he had been working in using the access opening at the outfeed, hot water exiting the access opening entered the top of his protective hip wader. It pooled at the bottom of the wader and burned his left foot and ankle.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee had just spliced a new roll to the paper being fed into a winder machine. The employee realized the splice would not hold and was working to correct it when their right hand was caught between the winder head and a belt. The employee suffered broken fingers. The incident took place during a training activity.

An employee was removing a step cam by with a sledgehammer when a piece of the cam broke off, fell, and struck his right forearm.

An employee was repairing the locking mechanism on a machine when their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam on the cup production line when a blade caused a laceration and a partial amputation to their left middle finger.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.