Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-03-27	Gooding	Idaho	Glanbia Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a valve when air pressure was lost and the valve closed on the employee's pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-07-16	Gooding	Idaho	GLANBIA FOODS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While troubleshooting a conveyor system, an employee's right hand became caught in the machinery. The employee sustained some degloving and two fingertips were amputated.
2019-04-07	Gooding	Idaho	Glanbia Foods, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Two maintenance workers were servicing an electronic fill button on a nearby 12 to 17 percent sodium hypochlorite chemical day tank. A 1-inch chemical line became dislodged and sprayed both employees, causing chemical burns on their chests, torsos, and arms. Both employees were hospitalized.
2017-07-29	Gooding	Idaho	GLANBIA FOODS, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While conducting maintenance, an employee was pinned by a counterweight on a machine and sustained a chest injury. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2016-09-06	Gooding	Idaho	A & G Irrigation	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On September 6, 2016, an employee moving an irrigation pivot with a boom truck was struck in the head by the overhaul ball when the cable moving the load snapped. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-08-24	Gooding	Idaho	Glanbia Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An maintenance employee opened a closed panel of an energized motor which activated unexpectedly catching the employee's index, ring and middle fingers in the pulley system and causing an amputation injury.