Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ruprecht Company dba Kilcoy Global Foods, 1301 Allanson Road, MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS 60060
on — Fractures , affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was loading film on the vacuum packing machine when the metal bar (about 10 pounds) she had lifted to load a film roll fell, striking her right little finger. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured finger.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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A temporary employee was working to unclog butter from a butter melter pump. His right index finger was caught in the machine, and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was energized at the time.
An employee working at the reject conveyor was placing a product guide bar on the conveyor. This metal guide bar is placed on the side of the conveyor belt to funnel the product, preventing it from falling off the sides. As he was getting the attachment positioned, his left ring finger was caught between the conveyor belt and the conveyor belt frame. The employee's finger was fractured and partially amputated.
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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.
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