| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Plainfield | Il | Costco Wholesale | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was pulling a piece of meat out of a meat grinder when they suffered lacerations to their right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-26 | Yuma | Az | DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a meat grinder and amputated a finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-20 | Royal | Ne | Christensen Farms | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| A meat grinder blade amputated an employee's index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-17 | Buffalo | Ny | ROSINA FOOD INC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee attempted to scrape ground meat from the throat of a meat grinder and contacted the grinder blades resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | El Paso | Tx | Tasty Kabob | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left hand was caught in a meat grinder. The hand was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Beatrice | Ne | Landmark Snacks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just shut off a meat grinder and was reaching to clear its blade. The grinder blade amputated 1/4 to 3/8 inch from the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-01-16 | Tyler | Tx | Texas Roadhouse Holdings LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a meat grinder. As the machine was in the process of stopping, the employee reached in to get a piece of meat and the grinder blade amputated the employee's index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-01-04 | Doral | Fl | Publix Super Market at Doral Commons | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 1/4/2021 at 12:15 pm, an employee was placing meat into a meat grinder and when the foot pedal was pressed and the machine turned on. The grinder caught his hand, which resulted in a soft tissue injury to his right hand that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-07-30 | Hannawa Falls | New York | Chip's Meats LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's fingers were caught in a meat grinder; three fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-12 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Lopez Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a piece of meat from the drain plug of a meat grinder and suffered amputation of the left middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2020-03-12 | Fort Worth | Texas | Five Star Custom Foods, LP | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assembling a meat grinder. While pushing a screw into the housing, the employee's right index finder got caught between the housing and the screw. The employee was hospitalized with a hand injury. | |||||
| 2019-09-13 | Wichita | Kansas | Native American Enterprises LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a meat grinder. The grinder amputated 1/8-inch of the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-08-08 | Fort Bragg | North Caroli | U. S. Dept. of Defense | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a meat grinder to tenderize round steaks when her gloved left hand became caught in the blades. The employee sustained lacerations and torn tendons. | |||||
| 2019-07-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was sanitizing equipment when the auger from a meat grinder amputated their right index finger. The machine was energized at the time. | |||||
| 2019-06-27 | Denver | Colorado | K2D Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a meat grinder and amputated the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-18 | Wichita | Kansas | DILLONS FOOD STORE | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding meat in a meat market when his hand entered the meat grinder, resulting in an amputation to the end of his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-13 | Middleburg Heights | Ohio | Heinen's Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was grinding meat for burgers when the grinder jammed. As he attempted to unjam it, the stored energy was released and his left thumb was caught in the meat grinder and amputated. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | LOPEZ FOODS | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An temporary employee was working on the sanitation crew cleaning a meat grinder when his right hand was caught in the grinding aperture. The employee's hand was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | Butler | Wisconsin | Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a meat grinder when it amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Sulphur Springs | Texas | BEF Food, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was shoveling inedible scraps from the floor into a small tote to dispose of them when his hand reached up and into a meat grinder's moving auger, resulting in the amputation of his left middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Peach Glen | Pennsylvania | Knouse Foods Co-op., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the front of a meat grinder that crushes cherries when the employee's index finger was caught in the running blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-07-09 | San Antonio | Texas | The Roes of San Antonio, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning a meat grinder when it amputated the tip of the employee's right middle finger. The grinder had not completely stopped at the time. | |||||
| 2018-05-23 | New York | New York | Energy Resources Personnel LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's hands came in contact with the grinder blades in a meat grinder resulting in the amputation of fingertips. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | Fort Worth | Texas | El Rio Grande Latin Market | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While cleaning a meat grinder, an employee's hand entered the discharge tube and contacted the blades. The employee suffer amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. The meat grinder was not locked out and was in operation at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-04-30 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets, Incorporated | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to feed meat through a meat grinder when it injured the employee's right-hand muscle and ligament. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2018-02-02 | Apache | Oklahoma | Super C Mart, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clean a meat grinder by hand when the machine was activated, amputating the employee's right middle finger to the knuckle. The meat grinder was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-10-14 | King Of Prussia | Pennsylvania | CTI Foods, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A temporary employee suffered a right thumb amputation while attempting to remove a piece of meat that was hanging from a meat grinder. The grinder was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-08-02 | Agawam | Massachusett | Carando Gourmet Frozen Foods Corp | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 2, 2017, an employee was clearing meat from a meat grinder when the blade amputated a fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-05-27 | Mineola | New York | Cactus Holdings Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was making hamburger patties and amputated a middle finger in the meat grinder. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | North Venice | Florida | Publix | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding meat using a meat grinder and amputated the left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-01-22 | Toledo | Ohio | Monnette's Market, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's right hand became caught in an electrical meat grinder, partially amputating the middle and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2017-01-07 | Kenosha | Wisconsin | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove meat from a meat grinder when it activated and fractured the employee's left arm, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Pensacola | Florida | Ever'man Natural Foods CO-OP, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning a meat grinder's auger when the auger fell onto his hand, partially amputating his left pinky finger. | |||||
| 2016-08-14 | Bay City | Texas | HEB Grocery Company, LP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding salmon in a meat grinder when a piece of salmon became stuck to the side. When she attempted to dislodge it, her right middle finger was caught in the grinder blades, amputating her fingertip and requiring reattachment surgery. | |||||
| 2016-06-24 | Newark | New Jersey | A & J Seabra Supermarkets Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee injured his fingers while using a meat grinder. | |||||
| 2016-03-30 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Qvest Sanitation, LLC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's right hand was amputated while cleaning a meat grinder. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-01-28 | Canton | Ohio | Fresh Mark, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a frozen meat grinder when a piece of meat got stuck in the shoot. When he attempted to dislodge the meat, his right index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-28 | Dallas | Texas | Sunrise Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a meat grinder. He turned the machine off and reached up under the guard and into die because he thought meat was stuck in the die. The blade hadn't completely stopped and his finger was amputated just above the cuticle. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Advance Pierre Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cleaning out excess meat from a meat grinder and amputated two fingers on the right hand. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Lemoyne | Pennsylvania | Kesslers Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about June 24, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., the end third of an employee's second and third right-hand fingers were ground off while feeding meat into the industrial meat grinder. | |||||
| 2015-06-23 | Conyers | Georgia | Golden State Foods | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While cleaning the outside of a bulk meat grinder, an employee's right hand was amputated when he reached through a sample grinder port. This incident took place at approximately 9:00 PM on 6/23/15. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-16 | Orlando | Florida | Golden Corral | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee amputated four fingers in a meat grinder. The grinder was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-03-12 | Houston | Texas | Pappas Restaurant, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The injured employee was preparing to disassemble a meat grinder to clean it. The injured employee unplugged the meat grinder when he unscrewed the collar. The die was tightly fit and he was unable to remove the die and blade. The injured employee plugged the grinder back in to bump the power and then reached down to remove the die. His shoulder hit the power-on switch, amputating his right middle fingertip, which came in contact with the blade. | |||||