Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Branding Iron Holdings, Inc. dba Holten Meat Inc., 1682 SAUGET BUSINESS BLVD, EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS 62206
on — Hernias, affecting the Abdomen unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee stood up after cleaning a drain and suffered a ruptured hernia.
Hospitalized Abdomen unspecified Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
More severe injuries at Branding Iron Holdings, Inc. dba Holten Meat Inc.
An employee was cleaning a metal detector transfer belt when their glove was caught by a moving chain and their left hand was pulled into a gear. The hand was crushed, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was conducting sit to stand practice in a therapy gym when she suffered a central disc herniation with inferior extrusion at L4-L5. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was measuring the level in a storage tank using a handheld tape gauge. When he stood up, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He was hospitalized, having suffered a lower back strain.
An employee was sitting on a rolling stool doing price changes on the sales floor. When he stood up, his right hip popped. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip and required surgery.
An employee was stocking customer shelves when he was getting up from the floor and lost his balance, hyperextending his left leg. This resulted in the surgical amputation of the leg above the knee.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311612)
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
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 driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.