Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 11:00 a.m. on December 12, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that made tortillas. She was operating the lift gate in the back of a delivery truck. The lift gate got stuck. The employee tried to nudge it, but nothing happened. As the employee was walking away, the lift gate dropped, striking her. Bones in her thumb were crushed. Also, she sustained severed tendons in her left hand and a contusion to her left wrist. She was hospitalized.

NarrativeAt 9:58 a.m. on November 3, 2017, an employee had set the steam to 128 degrees Fahrenheit to help remove product that stuck to the interior walls of the tank. The water reached a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and had begun to splash out of the upper lid of the tank. The employee opened the lip and was splashed on his left leg, hand, and foot with scalding water. The employee sustained second degree burns and was hospitalized.

NarrativeAt 5:00 p.m. on November 1, 2017, an employee was cleaning a pie machine and reached into a guarded area. The employee's left pinky finger contacted the press and was amputated, requiring hospitalization.