Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 9:45 p.m. on May 31, 2017, Employee #1 was asked to help with replacing springs in the Stick Machine. Before helping, the technician explained to the employee about the procedure and how the machine worked. After he pushed the spring in, the technician and the employee backed up about two feet, and the technician told the employee to test it. After testing the machine and the machine was running, the technician turned off the machine. But, there was a foil jammed in the machine and the technician asked the employee to pull out the foil. The machine was off, but because of the high RPMs, it was still spinning and was not in a complete stop. As the employee reached in to pull out the foil, the blade came down and cut the tip of Employee#1's right finger.

NarrativeAt approximately 11:00 a.m. on February 23, 2017, Employee #1 was trying to unjam capsules in a standalone rectifier as she had seen the lead teach her. The machine was still energized and the reciprocating part came down and crushed her fingers. Employee #1 suffered fractured middle fingers and perforated index fingers but was not hospitalized.

NarrativeAt approximately 3:00 p.m. on September 2, 2016, an employee was accessing product from shelving while working from an elevated forklift. The forklift the employee was standing on was struck by another forklift, causing the employee to lose his balance. The employee fell approximately 10ft,and was killed by fracturing his skull on impact.