VALENTINE ENTERPRISES, INC.

A temporary employee was manually removing steel rings from production equipment when the steel rings slipped. The employee tried to catch the rings as they fell and suffered a severe laceration on his right hand requiring hospitalization. An employee was repairing a dock door and replacing the panel when the cable and the panel popped back and struck him in the face. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured jaw. Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer. These events are captured as one report.

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.

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 casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his 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.

An employee was preparing for a clean-in-place (CIP) process and removed a cap from a pipe to connect another pipe. Hot water (approximately 170 degrees) splashed onto the employee, causing burns to her hands, left forearm, and both thighs.

On March 2, 2025, an employee was walking to a maintenance shop when they slipped on a wet tile floor and fell, resulting in a fractured right wrist.

An employee was checking an inline magnet. The magnet was placed on a cart next to another magnet and the magnets moved toward each other. The employee's right ring fingertip was caught and amputated.

An employee was walking near a spring-mounted valve when the valve opened. Steam was released and burned the employee's arm, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was working on a blending line and connecting a rotary valve to the bagging. He attempted to clear some powder stuck on the rotary valve while the blades were moving, resulting in the amputation of his right middle fingertip.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

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.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

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.