Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alpha Baking Co., Inc., 4545 West Lyndale Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60639
on — Fractures , affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was sweeping a production area when dough became stuck in a conveyor. He was removing the dough when his glove got stuck to the conveyor, pulling his left hand and arm into the tunnel of the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm. The conveyor was not guarded at the time.
An employee was baking dough and went to grab some dough when the machine started and the knife lacerated his right ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.
At 1:00 p.m., on May 23, 2022, an employee was pulling the strap to close a roll-up trailer door when the door came down on his left ring fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was cleaning a bread slicer when the blade lacerated the employee's right thumb, index finger, and middle finger. The slicer was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was cleaning the wheels on an oven infeed conveyor using a drill with a brush attachment when his hand slipped and his glove was caught in the wheels, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip.
On August 9, 2016, an employee fell from a straight truck's lift gate while making a delivery, suffering a fractured hip/right upper leg and requiring hospitalization.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311812)
An employee (who had recently walked through water accumulated on the floor) slipped and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and right elbow and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was performing maintenance on a production line, requiring a testing and positioning phase for the whipped cream dispensers. The employee was positioning the dispensers using wrenches when one of the sensors was triggered by the pie pans coming down the line. The depositor heads lowered and pinched the employee's left ring finger, resulting in an amputated fingertip. The whipped cream dispensers were not guarded at the time and the line was not locked out/tagged out.
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