Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-02 | Markesan | Wi | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually rotating a 4-foot-wide grater drum (without its drive chain and motor attached) to do maintenance. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the bar and another part, causing an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2019-08-03 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a bean-grading machine in preparation for sanitation. The employee was opening the doors to clean the machine with a power washer when his right ring finger was caught by a roller with a solid bar. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was working with an automatic can palletizer when he noticed cans had fallen off a pallet. While the employee was resetting the cans, he was struck in the right leg by the machine causing a fracture to the tibia and fibula. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 31, 2018, an employee was clearing debris from a small piece remover machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger, a full amputation to the left middle finger, and an injury to the left ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-07-13 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove green bean debris from a machine when his hand became caught in a roller, partially amputating his right middle finger. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2017-09-20 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Schulz Transport Markesan LLC | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was trying to manually unlatch a beam on a trailer to unload it when he fell and landed on the ground, fracturing his L3 vertebra. | |||||
2016-09-29 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a conveyor into place when the wheel became caught on a gutter cover, which caused the cover to lift up. His right foot was then caught in the gutter, fracturing and dislocating it. |