Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-10 | Rheems | Pa | Wenger Feeds, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to clear a jam in a pellet mill. A portion of the mill was still cycling and the rollers caught the employee's right hand. The index finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2018-08-16 | Rheems | Pennsylvania | Wenger Feeds, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stepping out of a vehicle toward a fuel pump when his foot slipped off the cement pad of the fuel island and he fell to the ground. He fractured his right leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-04-14 | Rheems | Pennsylvania | Wenger Feeds, LLC | Brain | Fall to lower level |
An employee entered a corn silo to free up a jammed grain sweep when the corn he was standing on gave way, causing him to fall and strike the weights of the machine. He was hospitalized for possible fractured ribs and head trauma. |