Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Frito Lay Inc., 2800 Silver Star Rd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32808
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee's right middle fingertip was caught between a chain and a sprocket in a machine. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Special process machinery unspecified
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An employee was walking while doing product inventory. The employee slipped and fell on metal decking and sustained a laceration to their left shin and calf area. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was working to fill boxes on a line. Their left hand contacted a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation of the ring and little fingertips. The machine was guarded at the time.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
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