Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-11	Pitts	Ga	Pitts Gin Co Inc	Head and trunk	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning up cotton from around a conveyor belt. He fell onto the belt, passed under an auger that was over the belt, and hit a metal support beam with his head. He continued down the conveyor and a piece of metal overhead struck his left eye. He suffered trauma to the eye, as well as chest fractures.
2021-11-10	Erie	Pa	JTM Foods, LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning an auger blade on a conveyor when the auger pulled the employee's arm into the machine and caused a partial arm amputation. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2021-11-01	Rolla	Mo	CABLE ONE INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was attempting to move a trencher. He stepped onto the trencher and his right foot slipped and fell onto the auger, resulting in a broken right ankle.
2021-10-29	Pearland	Tx	BOYER, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck in the chest by an auger machine as it was being lifted. The employee was knocked to the ground and he sustained a head injury and a fractured rib.
2021-10-28	Streeter	Nd	Farmer's Cooperative Elevator	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
An employee had been dumping a semi-trailer. The employee was pinched between the tractor tire and the swing-out grain auger. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
2021-10-25	Indianola	Ok	IHC Scott	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee climbed inside a rubber-tracked placer to clean it. While the employee was inside the hopper, it was moved forward and the auger was turned on. The auger struck the employee, both of whose feet were broken.
2021-10-02	Lexington	Ne	Darling International Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a trough with a cleaning bar when an auger caught the cleaning bar and the bar pinned the employee's right ring finger against the guard, pinching it and resulting in a fingertip amputation. The auger was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2021-09-27	Jacksonville	Fl	Central Florida Contractors Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On September 27, 2021, an employee was cleaning a concrete pump at the wash out area. As he sat at the edge of the hopper, the auger inside the hopper engaged and his right leg was amputated below the knee.
2021-09-23	San Antonio	Tx	ALLIED FEEDS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was transferring grain when their left hand contacted a running grain auger, resulting in a fractured middle finger that required hospitalization.
2021-09-22	Pickett	Wi	Rosendale Dairy, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Two employees were in a gated area of the holding pen at Rosendale Dairy replacing a motor and gearbox for a waste auger. The injured employee was struck by the hinged gate enclosing the auger pit when the fork from the skid steer did not clear the side of the gate. The gate was pushed into the enclosure, striking the injured employee on the forehead and causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the concrete wall. The employee was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma and an epidural hemat
2021-09-15	Ozark	Ar	TOKAI CARBON	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
On September 15, 2021, an employee was trying to collect machined dust from the auger area of a machine. While in the small trench containing the auger, the employee slipped. His right hand was caught in the auger and severely injured. All five fingers were medically amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2021-09-04	Upper Sandusky	Oh	Kalmbach Trucking	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unloading animal feed from a trailer through an auger. The feed got plugged, and the employee was clearing the auger when his left hand was caught in it. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger.
2021-09-01	Fredericksburg	Pa	Farmers Pride Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a liver harvest machine. While removing liver/gizzard parts from a plastic auger, the rotating auger amputated his right index fingertip.
2021-08-26	York	Ne	York Cold Storage	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee had just washed out an emulsifier feed auger, a piece of equipment with two rotating augers. He noticed that liquid was no longer draining from the equipment. As he tried to free any product that might be causing a plug, the lower auger amputated his right index finger up to the nail.
2021-08-18	Greeley	Co	Proteins for Pets Opco, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing material that was blocking a drain for the fresh product auger. The auger contacted the employee's left hand and amputated three fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2021-08-18	Oneill	Ne	BX Civil & Construction	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a concrete placer. He was on the housing of the auger/hopper area, chipping out some built-up concrete, when his right foot slipped. The auger caught his pant leg and pulled in his right leg. The leg and the ankle were broken.
2021-08-13	Rockwall	Tx	Astrochef, Inc., dba Pegasus Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was in a mixer room scooping discharged product when an auger blade caught their left middle finger, resulting in a degloving of the fingertip.
2021-08-02	Chicago	Il	Assemblers, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At about 2:00 p.m. on August 2, 2021, an employee was making batches of popcorn when the kernel dispensing tube cap came off. The employee was putting a lid/cap on the tube system when the auger (spiral rod) grabbed his lab coat and pulled him in. The auger penetrated the employee's chest and exited his back. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-26	Nixon	Tx	Holmes Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing fat/meat that was clogging a drain in a separating room. An auger amputated his right index finger.
2021-07-22	Springdale	Ar	APAC-Central, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was shoveling dust and water around a baghouse. As the employee tried to clear a clog in a drain hole, an auger grabbed his right glove, amputating the middle finger at the first joint.
2021-07-19	Suffield	Ct	Metal Finishing Equipment & Supply Company Co., Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee had a long screw auger set on pipe stands approximately 4 feet from the ground. One of the pipe stands tipped as he was adjusting the auger, causing the auger to fall onto his foot and fracture it.
2021-07-16	Garland	Tx	MICA Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to determine what was preventing an auger bit from setting in a Kelly bar when his finger was caught in a pinch point in the Kelly bar. He suffered a fingertip amputation.
2021-07-07	Green Bay	Wi	JBS USA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing maintenance work on a piece of equipment when their left hand contacted an auger, resulting in an index finger amputation.
2021-07-01	Lodi	Oh	Medina Materials	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The injured employee and a co-worker were cleaning the jammed auger system of the rotary airlock feeder. The injured employee was using a piece of rebar when his hand and arm were pulled into the auger. His hand was injured and three fingers were amputated by the rotating auger.
2021-06-21	Bolingbrook	Il	Bay State Milling Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At 12:04 p.m. on June 21, 2021, an employee was dumping 50-pound bags of ground caraway into a hopper through a screen. The product bridged in the hopper, so the employee slid the screen out of the way and began pushing the product down. The screw feed auger at the bottom of the hopper nipped his right index finger, causing an amputation.
2021-06-19	Bonham	Tx	Austin Bridge & Road LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing asphalt from a buggy auger. The employee's right index finger was amputated in a shear point between the spinning auger and the machine's frame. The auger was not locked out at the time.
2021-06-18	Pocahontas	Ar	Black River Commodities, LLC	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a screw conveyor with a shovel. He slipped into the auger, and the conveyor lacerated the arch of his right foot and broke some bones. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-06-15	Momence	Il	PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC.	Foot (feet)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Employees were trying to unload a grain bin. The unload holes were plugged up, so they cut a hole in the side to drain the bin. One of the employees stepped on a nearby U-trough auger and his left foot went through a part of the auger. The auger caught and lacerated his foot.
2021-06-01	Montgomery	Al	Dixie Electric, Plumbing and Air	Elbow(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A crew drilled a hole in the ground for a power pole. While the auger was being lifted, the sling snapped and struck an employee on the right arm, resulting in a fractured elbow.
2021-06-01	Brenham	Tx	D Bar B Sausage & Meats LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cleaning meat out of the auger machine. A door in the auger machine went down on his right hand resulting in amputation of the ring finger.
2021-05-25	Albion	Ne	JSMM Farms Partnership	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using grain vacuum to clean up bad grain at the bottom of a corn grinder. The vacuum became clogged and as the employee tried to unclog it, the auger blades amputated the top of their right index and middle fingers.
2021-05-08	Newport	Ar	Shearers Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 5/08/2021, at 1:30 PM, an employee was starting the sanitation prep for a corn mill mixer. The employee opened the bottom side of the mixer inspection door to remove product and the auger caught her fingers causing an amputation of the left middle finger at the first joint, and a fracture of the left index finger at the first joint.
2021-05-03	Pine Bluff	Ar	Planters Cotton Oil Mill	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a metal rod to unclog an auger system that had clogged with cotton lint. The machine caught the rod and crushed his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.
2021-04-24	Garland	Tx	STAR PLUS INC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was reaching for filling inside a mixer. The auger caught his hand and pulled his arm in. He suffered lacerations and a broken arm.
2021-04-21	Cheyenne	Ok	Hi-Pro Feeds, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was putting a temporary patch on an auger chute when the auger amputated three of the employee's fingers. The machine was running at the time.
2021-03-26	Lafayette	Nj	Braen Stone Industries	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning and changing out a winterized auger that seemed to be clogged. The screw in the pipe caught three of the employee's fingers, causing them to be amputated.
2021-03-21	Hazelwood	Mo	CABKA NORTH AMERICA INC.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was on an auger when it was turned on. The employee suffered a toe amputation.
2021-03-17	Saint Louis	Mo	LOUISA FOOD PRODUCTS INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was checking to add more dough to a machine when an auger in the machine amputated his right middle finger.
2021-03-09	Abbott	Tx	Probst Electric	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was connecting an auger to a drill. The employee's right ring finger was caught in the pinch point between the auger and the hook on the service winch for the drill, causing a laceration to the finger and a partial amputation to the fingertip.
2021-03-04	Hereford	Tx	Merrick Pet Care	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unclogging an auger and sustained the amputation of his left index fingertip.
2021-02-22	Rockford	Il	Tarara AA Concrete Work, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was emptying a salt spreader attached to a truck. The employee became entangled in the auger and suffered an amputation to the right arm.
2021-02-19	El Paso	Tx	Hardy Hole Drilling	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
After removing the auger from the kelley of a drilling rig, an employee was setting the kelley onto the cleanout bucket. The employee was trying to insert the pin to attach the cleanout bucket to the kelley and cleaning the pin hole with his left index finger on his left hand. The kelley was lifted while his finger was still in the pin hole, causing the amputation of the finger at the first knuckle.
2021-02-18	Fort Riley	Ks	Corvias	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a sewer auger machine to clear a blocked drain at a residence. He had inserted the auger into the outside clean-out when he slipped and fell into a drainage culvert, suffering fractures to the right tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-02-13	Sandusky	Oh	Rhetech Colors	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 13, 2021, an employee was working to unjam a pelletizer machine when their finger was caught by an auger blade and partially amputated. The machine had been turned off, and a guard was open at the time of the incident.
2021-02-11	Fredonia	Ks	SEK COOP Inc.	Lumbar region	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was using an articulating wheel loader to unload a customer's truck. The employee was backing the loader into a position parallel to the customer's truck when the loader struck the auger on the rear of a parked fertilizer truck. The employee was hospitalized with injury to the right side of their lower back.
2021-02-07	Frierson	La	Thru Tubing Solutions	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
The injured employee and a coworker removed a valve body to unclog pods in an auger. After they unclogged the pods and reloaded them, they proceeded to reinstall the valve body. As they were picking up the valve body, the coworker slipped and the valve fell onto the injured employee's left pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-01-28	West Haven	Ct	Glanbia Nutritionals NA, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An operator was putting product into a hopper. There were issues with processing the product through the grater/strainer. While the operator was pushing the product, a finger on their right hand contacted the auger resulting in partial amputation.
2021-01-26	Glen Mills	Pa	MOR construction services	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a work truck. While he was clearing an obstruction in the salt hopper, his glove was caught and the auger partially amputated his hand.
2021-01-19	Middleburg	Fl	Service Electric Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On January 19, 2021, an employee was loosening the nut on an auger retention bolt with his right hand while supporting himself with his left hand against a drilling machine when a bar on the machine came down and pinned his hand. His hand became caught and he suffered the amputation of his left thumb and ring finger.
2021-01-11	Monticello	Ga	Georgia Torrefaction Technology LLC	Leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a jam from a pellet feed mill bin. The machine was activated while the employee was in the bin, and an auger and flail arm injured the employee's leg. The leg was medically amputated just below the hip.
2021-01-06	Oostburg	Wi	Professional Service Industries Inc.	Multiple body parts	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee attempted to clear debris from a drill auger and was pulled into the machine, resulting in injuries to their right arm and head.
2021-01-06	Chagrin Falls	Oh	Safe For Home Products, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 6, 2021, a maintenance employee was clearing a jam on the auger of a recycling machine when the machine activated and amputated the employee's right middle finger at the middle knuckle.
2021-01-02	Scott	Ar	Bearskin Grains	Wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was preparing to clean the bottom of a grain bin of soy beans when his safety rope became entangled in the auger below the floor. He wrapped the rope around his wrist to try and free it and was pulled down to the floor, resulting in a broken left wrist.
2020-10-03	Jonesboro	Ar	Agri Marketing Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a rice milling machine and caught his left hand in the auger resulting in fractured bones in the hand and wrist and amputation of the left index finger.
2020-10-01	Ottawa	Ks	The Ottawa Cooperative Association	Lower leg(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was working in a grain bin when the employee made contacted with the auger, resulting in a right leg amputation below the knee.
2020-09-16	Lewisville	Id	IDAHOAN FOODS, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was monitoring the operation of a machine and suffered amputation of the right middle fingertip in an auger.
2020-09-04	Lima	Oh	BEF Foods, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On September 4, 2020, an employee was performing sanitation duties on a horizontal auger when their left arm became caught in the auger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left arm above the elbow.
2020-08-31	Abbotsford	Wi	Abbyland Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a meat grinder when the auger caused partial amputations to three fingers on the employee's right hand.
2020-08-28	Yorkville	Il	Cemen-Tech Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was trying to repair an auger in a volumetric cement mixer when the employee fell 7 to 13 feet out of a raised bucket truck to the ground below. The employee suffered fractures to the elbow, resulting in surgery and hospitalization.
2020-08-24	Peach Bottom	Pa	Soap Stone Sawmill LLC	Foot (feet)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was drilling holes in crane mats. A grate guarding the auger underneath the floor was dislodged and the employee's foot slipped through the hole and was lacerated by the auger.
2020-08-24	Millwood	Ga	AB Overstreet	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Two employees were repairing a grain auger that was hitched to a tractor. The tractor was turned on to make the auger rotate so the employees could ensure that the repair was complete. When the auger began to rotate it caught the left foot of one of the employees. The injured employee sustained a partial amputation of the left foot (from the arch to the toes).
2020-08-20	Rhame	Nd	Farmers Union Oil Company	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a feed auger mounted on a 2-ton truck. The auger caught the employee's arm and amputated his hand. He was hospitalized.
2020-08-20	Fargo	Nd	Red River Commodities	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was sweeping sunflower seeds into the floor auger portals in a flat-bottom grain storage bin. He slipped down a pile of seeds (about 5-6 feet tall) and his leg was caught by an auger. His leg was amputated.
2020-08-17	Williamsburg	Pa	Mill Hill Farm Supply Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was moving grain from a truck into a mill. A nearby auger caught the employee's pants leg and pulled the clothing off; the employee suffered an abdominal injury that required surgery.
2020-08-06	Sewell	Nj	Millwood, Inc. - CORE Erosion Control Services	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee entered a hopper with an auger in the floor to tighten screws on the inside of the hopper. While in the hopper, the auger turned on and caught the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized for right foot fractures.
2020-08-05	Bradenton	Fl	Irby Construction Company	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was clearing debris from the pin hole while setting up an auger into a shaft. The shaft and auger then fell into place and pinched his right middle finger. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation, just above the nailbed.
2020-07-28	Medford	Massachusett	HUB Foundation	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
While servicing an auger head an employee sustained an amputation.
2020-07-07	Tucson	Arizona	Federal Corrections Complex	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cleaning debris from an auger. The employee suffered an amputation to the left ring finger caused by pliers.
2020-07-01	Hidalgo	Illinois	Total Grain Marketing	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At about 7:40 a.m. on July 1, 2020, an employee was sweeping beans into a rotating auger. The auger amputated the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-14	Boise	Idaho	Knife River Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a discharge auger at the bag house when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and amputated in the rotating auger.
2020-06-10	Norfolk	Nebraska	Progressive Nutrition LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to restart a conveyor belt that would not run. The employee was checking the tension on the motor belt when the auger motor started running, causing an amputation of his left thumb above the first joint.
2020-06-04	East Greenville	Pennsylvania	BLOMMER CHOCOLATE COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was reinstalling an auger housing. The housing came down and injured the employee's right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-06-04	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Pretzel Factory	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a dough auger when it caught the employee's right hand, amputating three fingers.
2020-06-04	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Philly Pretzel Factory	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a scraper to clean the inside of a pretzel auger machine. Her hand was caught and injured by the auger's spinning coil.
2020-05-22	Grainfield	Kansas	Hi-Plains Coop	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was pulling an auger while standing on top of a scale house when the auger gave, causing the employee to lose footing and fall to the ground. The employee suffered a broken left arm, multiple broken ribs on the left side, and a broken pelvis.
2020-05-20	Portage	Wisconsin	Morski Brands, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a processing line. He was moving to insert a drain plug into a hopper, below an auger, when his left middle finger slipped into the drain hole. The auger amputated his fingertip.
2020-05-04	Great Falls	Montana	Mountain View Co-Op	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
After bagging fertilizer, an employee shut off the bagger and began clearing out the hopper at its top. The auger began to turn and amputated the employee's right index finger.
2020-04-30	Stuttgart	Arkansas	Delta Plastics of The South LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unchoking a friction washer system. He climbed on the floater table, which is 50 inches from the ground, and placed the lid back on the friction washer. As he was climbing back down, he slipped and his left leg fell into the auger, resulting in the amputation of the left leg above the knee.
2020-04-28	La Porte	Texas	Pullman Sugar	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a clog in an auger-driven material transfer line when the employee's fingers were contacted by energized/moving parts. The middle and ring fingertips on the right hand were amputated.
2020-04-28	Poth	Texas	Lyssy & Eckel Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was freeing a stuck pulley belt on an auger. The belt took off and pulled the employee's hand into the pulley, amputating a fingertip up to the first knuckle.
2020-04-28	Centralia	Illinois	Conagra Brands, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On April 28, 2020, a temporary employee was operating the brownie mix sifter in the layer packaging department. The sifter became clogged with the brownie mix product at the sifter beat screw housing. The employee's left hand fingers were caught in the rotating auger while unclogging the sifter severing the fingertips.
2020-04-23	Germantown	Wisconsin	Professional Service Industries Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had unloaded a tracked drill rig off of a trailer and started to drill when the employee's pant leg became caught in the drill auger. As a result, the employee suffered a fracture to the left fibula with contusions and a hematoma, requiring hospitalization.
2020-04-21	Lena	Wisconsin	Saputo Cheese USA Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to remove an actuator pipe/valve combo that had fallen into a hopper with an auger when his arm triggered a sensor, causing a pneumatic valve to close on his right ring finger and amputate the fingertip. The auger was moving at the time of the incident.
2020-04-21	Tampa	Florida	Cox Wholesale Seafood, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a motorized drain auger to unclog a machine. A spinning spiral mechanism (which turned the auger) caught his thick leather glove and cut off the tip of his right ring finger.
2020-04-11	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	Freshpet, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was unjamming a piece of frozen meat from a locked-out auger. When the employee inserted a T-handled bar into the winding down auger, the bar moved, and pinched the employee's hand against the machine's fixed guard. The employee sustained an amputation.
2020-03-21	Carrollton	Georgia	Trident Seafoods Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a clogged batter pump when the valve turned back on and the auger caught the back side of her finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index finger.
2020-03-19	Collins	New York	Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a dust screw auger. The auger caught the employee's hand, causing the amputation of two fingers.
2020-03-08	Thompson	Missouri	BRENNEMAN PORK LLLP	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Two employees were working on a feed line. They had shut the power off to the feed auger and were clearing a rock from it. Once the rock was pried free, the auger swung back to its normal position and amputated one employee's right index fingertip, also lacerating the employee's right middle and ring fingers.
2020-02-19	Columbia Station	Ohio	Southwest Landscape Management, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On February 19, 2020, an employee was working to clean a salt spreader on a landscaping truck when the employee's right arm was caught in an auger, crushing and breaking bones in the arm.
2020-02-10	Fabens	Texas	National Pecan Shelling Operations, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding a hopper when her right middle finger was caught in the auger, resulting in a middle finger amputation.
2020-02-04	Ferndale	New York	HVFG, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was doing maintenance on a feed auger. The auger activated and amputated the employee's right index finger at the middle joint.
2020-01-31	Punxsutawney	Pennsylvania	FEMCO Holdings, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a manual lathe, machining an auger journal end. The employee pressed the stop control, and the lathe started slowing down. The employee attempted to visually inspect the part and placed his left hand on the steady rest to get a better view. His hand then slipped and struck the spinning auger, resulting in medical amputation of the left pinky finger.
2020-01-29	Dalhart	Texas	Hilmar Cheese Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a dry packaging machine when the machine jammed. As the employee attempted to unjam the hopper, the auger caught and degloved the employee's left index finger, resulting in the loss of the nail.
2020-01-23	Taft	Texas	Planter's Grain Cooperative of Odem, Texas	Lower leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was cleaning the bottom of a grain bin when he stepped on the door of the auger and it became displaced. He then fell into the auger, resulting in a severe laceration and amputation of the lower left leg.
2020-01-21	Duluth	Georgia	Suzanna's Kitchen, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was putting ingredients inside a grinding machine when a bag fell inside the machine. The employee tried to grab the bag and contacted the auger inside the machine, resulting in a left hand amputation.
2020-01-18	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Chemson, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee experienced a fingertip amputation while attempting too unjam a bag packer auger.
2020-01-16	Momence	Illinois	VAN DRUNEN FARMS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a screw conveyor when his left hand entered the conveyor's auger, resulting in an amputation of approximately 3/4 of the middle finger.
2020-01-14	Maspeth	New York	Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was loading a 5-foot auger drill bit onto a flatbed truck. His right pinky finger was caught between the auger he was rolling and another that was already on the truck. He sustained amputation of the pinky finger below the lower knuckle.
2020-01-13	Mckinney	Texas	Discovery Acquisition Services, LLC	Multiple body parts	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an auger when the employee was pulled into the auger, suffering broken ribs and a broken right arm and wrist.
2020-01-10	York	Pennsylvania	Adept Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning out the powder feed area of a starve feeder. He was clearing some clogged powder near an auger when the auger caught and severely lacerated his right index and middle fingers.