Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-08	Elk Grove Village	Il	Miracapo Pizza Company LLC dba LIttle Lady Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a pizza packaging line. The employee adjusted the side rail of the line and his ring finger got caught in the drive chain, resulting in an amputation of the distal end of the finger.
2021-09-28	Meridian	Id	Greenfield Custom Meat	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was packaging meat with a plastic packing machine. The employee attempted to remove a jam in the machine when their left index finger contacted the machine's cutting blade, resulting in a 3/4-inch amputation.
2021-09-21	Cambridge	Oh	Cambridge Packaging Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut packaging cores. As he was cutting the last packaging core, the sawblade cut his right middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations to the fingertips.
2021-08-19	Irving	Tx	Mc Cormick & Co Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing an auto filler packaging machine when a belt and pulley caught his fingertip. His right index and middle fingertips were amputated.
2021-08-12	Saginaw	Tx	STANDARD MEAT COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a packaging machine. As he tried to remove a piece of plastic that was stuck inside the machine, one of the machine's knives cut his right ring finger and nicked his right little finger. The tip of the ring finger was amputated.
2021-08-05	Cicero	Il	Corey Steel Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On August 5, 2021, an employee was operating a crane by remote control to move bundles of steel bars for packaging. A bar from one of the bundles came loose and the employee's right hand was caught between the bar and the remote control, resulting in a partial amputation of the middle finger.
2021-08-04	Jackson	Al	iSpice, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was replacing a roll of wrapping for a packaging machine. A box entered the machine and tripped the carrier/sealer; the machine caught the employee's finger and amputated the fingertip.
2021-07-26	Brookville	Pa	Miller Fabrication Solutions, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee removed a weld mint (welded part) from an A-frame cart using a hoist and proceeded to maneuver the part onto a pallet for packaging. The employee's finger got pinched between the hoist hook and the part. The employee sustained an amputation.
2021-07-23	Dallas	Tx	Buckhead Meat of Dallas	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A roll stock packaging machine was started as an employee was unjamming it. A cross-cut blade on the machine amputated the employee's left index finger.
2021-07-21	Myrtle	Ms	Jackson Furniture	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was in a non-climate-controlled building, applying packaging material to furniture in preparation for shipment. The employee developed a possible heat-related illness.
2021-07-01	Great Falls	Mt	General Mills	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating the 5-pound flour packaging machine. While cleaning something on the machine, the employee's hand was caught in the machine resulting in a deep laceration to the right little finger which required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-06-27	Luxemburg	Wi	Agropur, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cleaning up in the packaging room when an alarm went off on the cheese knife. He went to turn around and tripped on a hose and fell backward to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip.
2021-05-26	Cleveland	Oh	ORLANDO BAKING COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On May 26, 2021, an employee was operating the bread packaging machine near the conveyor and sustained the amputation of their left middle fingertip.
2021-05-12	Warminster	Pa	CRC INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED	Wrist(s)	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was packaging boxes on the gallon production line and moving them to a skid. While relocating a box of product to the skid, he felt a pull in his arm. He was hospitalized for a swollen right wrist.
2021-03-30	York	Pa	K2 Kinetics	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was assembling a packaging conveyor system when their right index finger was pulled into a sprocket of the running conveyor, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-02-09	Grafton	Ma	Bath Fitter Billerica Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a utility knife to open a shower head in plastic packaging when the knife struck his right torso, resulting in a laceration to his liver.
2021-02-08	Grovetown	Ga	Nutritional Resources, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jammed film pouch from a food packaging machine when the machine amputated the tip of his right middle finger.
2021-02-01	Bartlett	Il	Cheese Merchants of America LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a flexible packaging machine that filled, sealed, cut, and discharged plastic bags filled with shredded cheese. As the filled bag of cheese was exiting the machine onto a metal load plate that agitated up and down for the purpose of settling the cheese in the bag, the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the agitating load plate and it's base platform beneath. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the finger.
2021-01-23	Arlington	Tx	EVANS FOOD GROUP, LTD DBA MAC SNACKS	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting a packaging machine and contacted a pressure belt resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation.
2021-01-21	Sterling	Co	TRINIDAD BENHAM CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a poly packaging machine when the machine jammed. The employee was unclogging the jam when the machine cycled and the jaws closed. His hand contacted the serrated blade and caused the amputation of the pad on his left thumb.
2021-01-19	Russellville	Al	Pilgrim's Pride Corporation	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing packaging supplies from a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) or full-size freight elevator lift box. The two master links that connect the chains on each side of the gate to the counterweights failed and the inner door/gate fell down onto the employee and knocked her down to the ground. The door then bounced back up and came down onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula, compression fractures to vertebrae, and a collapsed lung.
2020-10-08	Omaha	Ne	Oxbow Animal Health	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's fingertip was amputated by a hay packaging machine.
2020-09-27	Sheboygan Falls	Wi	Staff Management Solutions, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A temporary employee was bagging the forming head on a packaging machine so the machine could be pre-rinsed. The forming head activated, coming into contact with the employee's left hand and partially amputating the middle finger.
2020-09-25	Nampa	Id	SORRENTO LACTALIS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a piece of cheese from a packaging machine when the rotating equipment cut palm the employee's right hand and amputated their right index finger.
2020-09-14	Mattoon	Il	Mars Petcare US Cominc	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 9/14/2020, at approximately 7:10 a.m., a maintenance technician was troubleshooting a date coder conveyor on a packaging line when his arm became entangled in a roller on the underside of the conveyor belt resulting in hospitalization for a fractured ulna and radius.
2020-09-12	Bridgeton	Mo	SPECTRUM BRANDS - BRIDGETON	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing preventive maintenance (oiling and lubrication) on a packaging conveyor when the employee saw something on the chain and attempted to wipe it off. The chain caught the tip of the employee's glove and pulled their hand into the drive chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger.
2020-09-02	Lititz	Pa	Woodstream Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jammed piece of cardboard packaging from a machine when the cutter engaged and amputated her fingertip.
2020-08-15	North Kansas City	Mo	Maverick Converting	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was rolling a trim roll of paper when it hit the side of a packaging machine and tipped over. The roll landed on the employee's foot and amputated two toes.
2020-07-22	Paris	Illinois	Cargill Dry Corn Ingredients, Inc.	Head and trunk	Contact with objects and equipment
On July 22, 2020, at approximately 12:15 PM, the injured employee had been removing a jammed bag from a packaging machine. A supervisor found the injured employee on the floor, unresponsive. The employee had been injured by the bag carriage device on the packer machine. He was hospitalized with head trauma, lacerations on the left eyebrow and back of the head, two broken ribs on the right side, and multiple fractures to the right side of the jaw requiring surgery.
2020-07-13	Topeka	Kansas	Frito Lay, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cleaning a packaging machine. While lowering a spiral metal chute, the equipment slammed onto his finger. The employee's right pinky finger was amputated.
2020-07-01	Dayton	Ohio	Sugar Creek Packing Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing jammed film on a packaging machine when the employee's right hand was caught between the die hand and die plate, fracturing the right middle and index fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-01	South Holland	Illinois	Ed Miniat, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On July 1, 2020, an employee was unjamming a packaging machine and sustained a partial amputation to the right index finger when the gloved finger contacted the blades inside of the machine.
2020-06-30	Grand Island	Nebraska	HASTINGS FOOD LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a meat packaging machine. The employee's right hand was caught between the sealing head and the sealing bucket. The employee suffered lacerations to the middle and index fingers, as well as an amputation to the ring finger.
2020-06-29	Valdosta	Georgia	CJB Industries, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to transfer material from a tote to a packaging line when the employee was exposed to insecticide, sustaining second degree chemical burns to the lower right leg, ankle, shin, and calf.
2020-06-29	Lansing	Illinois	Land O Frost Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On June 28, 2020, an employee was adjusting the chain tension and linkage on a packaging machine. The employee's right hand was crushed in the point of operation of the die.
2020-06-22	Decatur	Alabama	EFP, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was packaging finished parts when she turned to step off a mat and her inner left foot caught the edge of the mat. Her left ankle rolled and she fell on her right side, fracturing her right fibula and multiple bones in her lower right leg.
2020-06-19	Mcgehee	Arkansas	Harvest Rice, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a packaging machine when a jam occurred. As the employee was clearing plastic debris, the machine cycled causing its jaws to close on the employee's left hand. The employee’s left thumb was amputated at the base of the fingernail.
2020-04-28	Mckinney	Texas	Encore Wire	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was starting up a reel on a wire packaging machine when a loop in the wire wrapped around his pinky finger. As the reel was turning to wrap around the drum, the loop tightened around his pinky finger and lacerated it, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation.
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.
2020-03-08	Loves Park	Illinois	TH Foods, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was placing cartons on packaging equipment. The employee tripped on a pallet leveler corner base and fell, suffering a broken hip.
2020-02-24	Freeport	Illinois	Snak-King Corp.	Buttock(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was cleaning the production floor in the packaging room. The employee reached for a water hose in front of the bagger and fell. The employee sustained chemical burns to the right buttock from the cleaning product.
2020-02-18	Lakeland	Florida	Pepperidge Farm Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 02/18/2020, at 9:15 a.m., an employee was working on a packaging line that was feeding film when product started jamming. As he attempted to get a better visual of the heat cramp sealer, his right hand was pulled into the heat cramp sealer area, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. The heat cramp sealer was unguarded at the time of the incident.
2020-02-05	Bloomington	Illinois	BEER NUTS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was stringing film in a packaging machine during a product change-over when his right hand entered the area of the machine that cuts film, resulting in an amputation to the right ring fingertip.
2020-02-03	Eau Claire	Wisconsin	Nestle Health Science	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
At about 10:45 p.m. on February 3, 2020, an employee fell while pulling a pallet positioning cart into place to load cardboard into a packaging machine. The employee's head struck the concrete floor, causing a concussion and a laceration that required three stitches to close. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-01-29	Ridgewood	New York	Yarde Metals, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was pulling on a green vinyl strap that was part of the sheet skid packaging in an attempt to move the sheet skid to the back of the trailer for the next delivery. The vinyl strap broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the back of the trailer, landing on the ground. He sustained a laceration to the back of his head and broke four ribs.
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.
2020-01-15	Warrensville Heights	Ohio	Heinen's Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam on a vacuum packaging line. While threading film through the machine, her left hand was pulled into the machine. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated.
2019-09-20	Saint Charles	Illinois	thieme corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut out foam for packaging. The sawblade came into contact with the employee's left index finger, amputating the tip.
2019-09-12	Fort Atkinson	Wisconsin	Pieper Automation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was reaching into a packaging machine when the sensors activated and the machine cycled, amputating his index fingertip.
2019-08-29	Dover	Delaware	Kraft Heinz Foods Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using an industrial size dust collector (vacuum) to clear out a packaging machine. The employee's hand became caught in a turning valve roll in the packaging machine, resulting in the amputation of the right index and middle fingertips. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
2019-08-28	Washington Court House	Ohio	Sugar Creek Packing Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning bag pieces out of a packaging machine when another employee cycled the machine. His right thumb came in contact with an internal blade and the tip was amputated (only flesh, no bone, partial nail).
2019-08-20	Paris	Illinois	North American Lighting	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
On August 20, 2019, an employee was adjusting the forks on a powered industrial truck when a second employee drove down an adjacent row and struck/pushed returnable metal frame packaging toward the first employee. The first employee was pinned between the packaging and the mast of his powered industrial truck, suffering fractured ribs, a lacerated kidney, and a lung contusion.
2019-08-08	Lucas	Kansas	Heartland Hay	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a hydraulic compactor during product packaging. The compactor amputated the employee's left hand.
2019-07-17	Monticello	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Cheese Group, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A block of cheese was transferring from the brine area to the packaging area on the metal mesh transfer conveyor. An employee was straightening the block of cheese when his finger got caught in the metal mesh belt. When the employee pulled his hand free, the pad of the employee's left index finger was amputated.
2019-07-08	Easton	Pennsylvania	George Fisher Harvelle	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cutting plastic during packaging and it wrapped around his leg. He fell, breaking his left hip.
2019-06-21	Green Bay	Wisconsin	Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 21, 2019, an employee was visually inspecting product packaging seals on a conveyor. He went to grab a suspect package with both hands when his right pinky finger became stuck in the conveyor belt webbing, resulting in an amputation of tissue from the distal phalanx (nailbed to tip).
2019-05-01	Dakota	Illinois	Berner Food & Beverage, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
On May 1, 2019, an employee was walking toward the packaging conveyor to remove boxes when she tripped and landed on her right knee resulting in a hairline fracture of her right patella.
2019-04-24	Russellville	Arkansas	ConAgra Foods Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to clear misplaced product on a conveyor in the packaging area when her glove was caught in the conveyor, resulting in an amputation to her left ring fingertip (approximately 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch).
2019-03-26	Brooklyn	New York	Twin Marquis, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a packaging machine when a package bag became misaligned in the machine. As he tried to fix the position of the bag, his left hand was caught by the sealer/cutter of the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingertips.
2019-03-18	Reading	Pennsylvania	Novipax LLC	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
A packer lifted a 46-pound box containing packaging materials from floor level to a cart at waist level. The employee experienced severe pain in the lower back and down the leg and fell to the floor, unable to stand. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-12	Elkmont	Alabama	Aviagen Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting down packaging materials to build cardboard pallets for export orders. His fingers contacted the table saw blade causing a left middle fingertip amputation and a laceration to the left index finger requiring stiches.
2019-02-11	Conyers	Georgia	Golden State Foods Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing jammed plastic cups and lids in a sauce packaging machine. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
2019-02-07	Orlando	Florida	Tech Packaging, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was organizing flattened boxes by picking them up and stacking them on the floor. She picked up a few boxes and began to walk to the other side when she tripped over a plastic packaging strap that was laying on the floor and broke her left arm.
2019-01-23	Grand Forks	North Dakota	J.R. Simplot Company	Pelvis	Fall to lower level
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, doing maintenance in a packaging area. The ladder twisted and/or collapsed, causing the employee to fall to the floor and suffer a broken pelvis.
2019-01-16	Grand Prairie	Texas	Poly-America, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a tabletop date code stamper to record information on cardboard packaging when his finger was caught between the stamper head and base of the stamper, resulting in a finger amputation. The plexiglass face had been removed from the stamp at the time of the incident.
2019-01-10	Libertyville	Illinois	MBA Building Supplies, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a compound miter saw to cut wood for packaging when the blade cut the back of the employee's right hand, requiring hospitalization. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.
2019-01-06	Mobile	Alabama	Becton Dickinson	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and adjusting the media when his left index finger was caught in the perforation blade, resulting in a traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx.
2019-01-05	Bucyrus	Ohio	Imasen Bucyrus Technology, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
A temporary employee stepped inside a packaging tote to collect parts and move them into a smaller container. Upon exiting the packaging tote, his foot was caught on the side of the tote, causing him to trip and fall to the floor. He broke his hip and was hospitalized.
2018-09-24	Reserve	Louisiana	National Meat & Provision Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on the packaging machine and suffered the partial amputation of the left index finger.
2018-09-07	Denver	Pennsylvania	Pepperidge Farm Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing a soft roll packaging machine when the machine started. His left index fingertip was then caught and amputated in the machine's chain.
2018-09-04	Belton	Missouri	MENARDS	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was pulling a fan that was packaged in a cardboard box when the packaging ripped, causing the employee to lose her grip. She then fell to the ground and injured her hip.
2018-07-24	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	Nissin Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to remove a jam from a soup dispenser packaging line. The employee's right little finger was caught in the mechanism and the tip was amputated.
2018-07-16	Mcgehee	Arkansas	Harvest Rice Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting up a packaging machine. He tried to pull the packaging film between the machine's cutting jaws, which closed and amputated the tip of his left index finger. At the time of the incident, the machine's safety doors were closed and the safety switches were not activated.
2018-07-06	Norcross	Georgia	Bak E-Z, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was moving a packaging uncoiler to the cutter/sealer when her hand entered the cutter/sealer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-07-01	Twin Falls	Idaho	Con Agra Foods, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was bagging potatoes. As the employee adjusted packaging, part of the machine engaged and amputated the tip of the employee's finger.
2018-06-28	Massillon	Ohio	FRESHMARK INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting the raw bacon packaging machine. The employee's left hand was in the machine when it cycled resulting in amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle and amputation of the left middle finger to the middle of the finger nail.
2018-06-19	Monroe Township	New Jersey	Lyneer Staffing Solutions LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonclassifiable
An employee fainted while packaging perfume on an assembly line.
2018-05-02	Hanover Township	Pennsylvania	Nardone Brothers Baking Co. Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was working as a packaging assistant when she tripped and fell, breaking her arm and requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-20	Dallas	Texas	Zalkin Americas	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was working on a customer's packaging machine when the employee's screwdriver slipped and punctured the employee's hand.
2018-04-11	Chicago	Illinois	Rose Packing Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee suffered a finger amputation while troubleshooting a packaging machine.
2018-04-11	Sabetha	Kansas	LaborMax Staffing	Face	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became overheated while packaging and experienced facial numbness, requiring hospitalization.
2018-04-03	Canton	Ohio	Fresh Mark, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a packaging machine when his right thumb was caught in the chain drive, fracturing and partially amputating his thumb at the distal first phalanx.
2018-04-02	Sparta	Wisconsin	Century Foods International, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a packaging machine when the machine started. The employee's right index finger was then caught between the machine's sealer bars, resulting in amputation.
2018-03-15	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Cargill Meat Solutions Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing packaging from a block of frozen meat when the block tipped and pinched the employee's fingertip between the block of meat and the table, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-03-06	Omaha	Nebraska	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to wind up plastic on a packaging machine when the employee's right hand was caught in an 18-inch sprocket, resulting in a right index finger amputation.
2018-02-13	Dawn	Texas	Panhandle Milling, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was emptying packaging equipment and amputated the right index fingertip.
2018-02-09	Greeley	Colorado	Swift Beef Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee boxed product in the fabrication packaging area and was picking up trash at the end of her shift. She was standing on a wet grate, so she put cardboard on top of it. The cardboard shifted, so she bent down to pick it up. At that point, her fingers were caught underneath the return line of a conveyor. Her left third and fourth fingertips were partially amputated.
2018-02-05	Savannah	Georgia	Roger Wood Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine and was positioned between the top and bottom films when the machine cycled. The employee's right index finger was then caught and partially amputated in an in-running nip point. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
2018-01-24	Anna	Ohio	Honda of America Mfg., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
On January 24, 2018, an employee was attempting to remove a part from a packaging robot when the employee's finger was caught in the spin line's point of operation, amputating the fingertip.
2018-01-18	Hatfield	Pennsylvania	D & W Fine Pack, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was clearing a jam in a packaging machine when the employee's right index finger became caught in the machine. The wrapper blades then amputated the employee's fingertip.
2017-10-02	Mc Calla	Alabama	POSCO AAPC LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a separator to process a coil for final packaging when his right hand was caught between the separator and the coil, amputating his ring finger and lacerating his middle finger.
2017-09-14	Hillside	New Jersey	Abeles & Heymann	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee reached into a machine in the packaging room and sustained a partial finger amputation.
2017-08-09	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Klement's Sausage Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was removing a plastic wrap jam from a packaging machine when the guillotine blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2017-08-08	San Antonio	Texas	HEB Grocery Company, LP	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a film jam on a meat packaging machine when his left hand was crushed between moving parts, fracturing the two middle fingers.
2017-08-02	Dayton	New Jersey	LT Foods Americas Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to adjust the roll stock on a packaging machine when her hand became caught in the machine's sealing part, breaking three fingers and partially amputating her middle fingertip.
2017-07-31	Heyburn	Idaho	Gossner Foods - Magic Valley Cheese, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was packaging cheese and had the left middle fingertip amputated by the packaging machinery.
2017-07-28	Greeley	Colorado	JBS Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At the packaging area in the facility, there was a piece of plastic hanging up to block cold air from a shrink tunnel cooler from blowing towards an employee's work station. The employee was placing a sticker to hold the plastic in place when her finger contacted the return side of the conveyor belt and was pinched between the belt and a metal support leg. The employee sustained an amputation to her left second digit below the first joint.
2017-07-14	Lincoln	Nebraska	Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. LLC	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was changing bags on a bag tail blower on a packaging machine. While she was unhooking a bag from the blower, the blower motor lacerated her right index finger. Her finger had to be amputated at the fingernail.
2017-06-28	Denton	Texas	Tetra Pak Materials LLC	Hip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was preparing packaging reels for slitting when reels that had been recently cut rolled off a table and struck the employee, fracturing the hip.
2017-06-20	Seymour	Wisconsin	Performance Pallet Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was performing maintenance work on a wood packaging line to fix a portion of plastic that was stuck when his left middle finger was pinched between the machine basket and a metal bar frame, amputating it above the first knuckle.