| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-18 | Saint Joseph | Mo | Rite Pack | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unclogging a jam in a sealing machine. The machine crushed two fingers on the employee's right hand, causing injuries resulting in the amputation of both fingers. | |||||
| 2021-08-10 | Townsend | Mt | Jim Gilman Excavating, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
| Employees were chip sealing a road. Two employees were working from the ground, moving a pile of chips, when a dump truck struck one of them as it backed up. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-08 | Atlanta | Ga | McCormick & Company, Incorporated (Maryland) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a heat sealer machine. The machine's sealing mechanism caught his left index finger and partially amputated the upper portion. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-05-28 | Cross City | Florida | Forestry Resources, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was checking a top seal machine to determine why the bags were not heat sealing properly when he contacted an energized 240 volt, 20 amp electrical wire and received electrical burns to his right hand. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | Gainesville | Georgia | Eskimo Cold Storage | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was in a truck lane after sealing a truck. A truck backed up and pinned the employee against the building, crushing the employee's legs. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | De Valls Bluff | Arkansas | Triton Fumigation, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was sealing the roof vent on a grain bin (about 24 feet above the ground) for fumigation. The weld holding the employee's fall protection anchor point failed; the employee fell from the roof of the bin, suffering broken bones in the ankle, heel, and pelvis on the left side. | |||||
| 2019-08-04 | Itasca | Illinois | Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 4, 2019, a maintenance mechanic was tracking plastic film through a package-sealing machine during a setup process. A film clip caught the mechanic's jacket, pulling the mechanic's right hand toward the chain and gear. The mechanic suffered amputation of the middle and fourth fingertips. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Stratham | New Hampshir | Annseal Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was sealing cracks in the highway with a wand that dispenses rubber sealant from a slowly moving truck when the truck's light tower struck overhead power lines. Electricity traveled through the vehicle and down the wand where it shocked the employee. | |||||
| 2019-07-06 | Canton | Ohio | FRESH MARK INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a sealing machine when the lower die moved. The employee's left index finger was caught between the lower and upper dies, sustaining a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | Dickinson | Texas | Air Innovations | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was sealing a gas furnace exhaust pipe on a two-story roof. The employee fell off the roof and broke a rib and bruised a leg. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
| 2019-06-21 | Groveland | Florida | Lyneer Staffing Solutions | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was using a heat sealing gun powered by propane when he experienced asthmatic symptoms, including shortness of breath and slight disorientation. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-28 | Fairless Hills | Pennsylvania | Hiossen, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a blister sealing machine. While the employee was holding house wrap paper in place, the paper slipped and the employee's right hand entered the sealing machine. The employee's right thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | Pass Christian | Mississippi | Chemours Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was doing routine maintenance (replacing worn belts) on a bag sealing machine when his left hand was caught in the machine. The employee's hand was crushed and burned and a fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-04-25 | Pooler | Georgia | Sweetener Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting the operator of a vertical form fill sealing (VFFS) machine. He was attempting to align the plastic bags for printing and using the machine activation button to jog the machine when the tip of his left middle finger was caught and amputated between the clamps. | |||||
| 2019-04-24 | Ottawa | Illinois | Grainco FS Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was filling and sealing 50-pound bags of fertilizer. The employee was correcting the alignment of a bag going into the sealer unit when his right middle finger was caught. He suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-27 | Independence | Missouri | Musselman and Hall Contractors LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| At 7:30 a.m., an employee began work with an asphalt crack sealing team. At 2:30 p.m., he had begun to suffer severe leg cramps due to heat and dehydration. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-24 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a carton sealing machine when a box lid got hung up on the advancer conveyor and jammed. The employee reached over to correct the jam, and the employee's finger contacted the conveyor or rollers. The pad of the employee's left middle finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-05-06 | Hartselle | Alabama | Cerro Wire LLC | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was running coils through a sealing machine when the coils stopped going all the way into the sealing area. He was attempting to grab a coil that was not properly in the sealing area when the seal bar came down on his left hand, causing third degree burns. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | Morton | Illinois | RMH Foods, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding plastic into a sealing machine and amputated the right middle and ring 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. | |||||
| 2017-06-26 | Clearwater | Florida | Page Mechanical Group, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a 10-foot ladder, sealing ductwork, when the ladder slipped. He fell approximately 6 to 7 feet to the floor, suffering possible fractures to the jaw and left wrist. | |||||
| 2017-06-01 | Frontenac | Kansas | Sugar Creek Packing Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to feed film through a jammed sealing machine when it closed on and lacerated his left middle fingertip. His fingertip had to be medically amputated. The machine was guarded and not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-05-12 | South Bay | Florida | FLORIDA CRYSTALS FOOD CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the rollers of a sugar packet sealing machine with a rag when the rag and her hand were pulled between the rollers, lacerating and fracturing her right middle finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-22 | Denver | Colorado | Natural Food Works Group LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running a food packaging machine when it jammed with packaging material. When the employee went to clear the machine, her right middle finger was pinched and partially amputated by the heat sealing jaws. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Richland | Mississippi | KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a utility knife to scrape sealing seams on a tractor when the part he was holding slipped and the knife cut his right thumb tip. Proper PPE was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-07-25 | Glenns Ferry | Idaho | Lansing Trade Group, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was closing and sealing top covers on railcars filled with grain. As the employee descended the railcar ladder, he lost his grip and fell 11 feet to the ground below, fracturing his right tibia and compressing two discs. | |||||
| 2016-06-26 | Hicksville | New York | Arctic Glacier U.S.A., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sealing bags of ice. He tried to prevent a bag of ice from falling and his right index finger was amputated by the machine. | |||||
| 2016-05-21 | East Rutherford | New Jersey | Joseph Epstein Food Enterprises, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| After clearing debris from the chain of a machine, an employee noticed the bolts that held in the sealing die were loose. As he was attempting to tighten the bolts, the die came up and crushed two of his fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-04-22 | Waukesha | Wisconsin | KG Marketing and Bag Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The employee was cleaning a bag sealing machine cutting blade and the machine cycled resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-07-31 | Doniphan | Missouri | VITRONIC PROMOTIONAL GROUP | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At approximately 1:55 p.m., on 07/31/15, an employee was performing heat sealing on cotton bags. A coworker dropped a cap onto the floor. The injured employee bent down to pick up the cap while placing her hand inside the platen press point of operation. She stepped on the guarded foot pedal, cycling the press onto her hand. She received second degree burns to her left hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||