WEST BEND, WISCONSIN—
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Schreiber Foods, Inc., 807 Pleasant Valley Road, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN 53095 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee was waiting near a machine while a maintenance technician was re-installing a pneumatic valve. The valve cycled and the injured employee's left index fingertip was caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.
More severe injuries at Schreiber Foods, Inc.
BELOIT, WISCONSIN—
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
An employee was walking from one department to another. She slipped on the concrete floor after walking through a foot foamer (used to protect food quality) and fell on her side. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN—
Schreiber Foods Inc.
On August 25, 2024, an employee was servicing a pneumatic valve. He hooked the air supply line to the valve and actuated it, causing the valve to roll. He was stabilizing the valve with his left hand when it closed, amputating his left middle fingertip.
WEST BEND, WISCONSIN—
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
An employee was wrapping a pallet on a rotating shrink wrapper. Upon grabbing the pallet, their thumb was pinched between the pallet and the machine, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the right thumb.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS—
SCHREIBER FOODS, INC.
An employee was crossing over a conveyor when she stepped on the moving conveyor. The conveyor caught her leg and fractured it in three places.
CARTHAGE, MISSOURI—
SCHREIBER FOODS INC.
An employee was breaking down equipment for shut down. He was cleaning a heater when his right ring finger was pinched between the heater and an anvil, removing the soft tissue and fingernail from his fingertip.
View Schreiber Foods, Inc.'s full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
ALACHUA, FLORIDA—
Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc
An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.
ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA—
CFL USA, LLC
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.
TRENTON, GEORGIA—
Bull Moose Tube
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.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA—
US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc
A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.
SAINT CLOUD, WISCONSIN—
Sargento Foods Inc
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311513)
JEROME, IDAHO—
Milk Specialties Global
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.
SAINT CLOUD, WISCONSIN—
Sargento Foods Inc
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.
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO—
Glanbia Nutritionals
An employee was changing an O-ring on a pneumatic valve. The employee had placed the valve on his work cart and was applying air to open the valve and access the O-ring. After changing the O-ring, the valve closed on his fingertip, crushing it. He was taken to the hospital, where he received an amputation.
LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE—
Lactalis US Yogurt
An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
MONROE, WISCONSIN—
Klondike Cheese Co.
The injured employee was carrying totes of cheese when they tripped over another employee's foot/ankle and fell to the cement floor. The injured employee sustained six fractured ribs on the left side and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in WISCONSIN
MADISON, WISCONSIN—
RG Professional Carpenter, Inc.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN—
General Thermodynamics, Inc.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
SAINT CLOUD, WISCONSIN—
Sargento Foods Inc
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.
HIXTON, WISCONSIN—
Asher Enterprises, Inc.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
VERONA, WISCONSIN—
Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.