Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Abrasions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chobani, LLC, 669 County Road 25, NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK 13411
on — Abrasions , affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a cup jam on a cup conveyor when their left hand was caught between the conveyor and an idler roller located on another conveyor line directly above the jam. The employee received an abrasion and friction burn to the hand that required hospitalization.
An employee was training other employees on inspecting finished goods on a pallet. When he knelt down behind the pallet and used his left hand to indicate what the failed inspection point was, a riding pallet jack entered the staging area and the employee's left little finger was crushed between the end of the fork and the pallet. The distal phalanx was medically amputated.
An employee was assisting in the repositioning of an industrial freezer when their right ring fingertip became pinched between two freezers. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was clearing a cup/foil jam on a filler when they were injured by the yogurt cup conveyor. The employee sustained lacerations to the left arm and left side and fractures to the left arm.
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 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.
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