Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 6:30 a.m. on June 19, 2017, an employee replacing a bearing on tilt belt 4 for a flume that was not in use. The employee was using a hand wrench to perform the replacement. The cross belt caught the wrench which caused it to smash the employee's right pinky finger against the metal frame. The employee suffered a partial amputation of his right pinky finger. The employee was not hospitalized.

NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on February 27, 2017, an employee was using a drill press to drill holes in belt material when his left hand glove became caught in the rotating chuck of the drill press. The employee sustained broken bones in his left forearm, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

NarrativeOn or about September 15, 2016, an employee was driving a stand-up forklift in reverse from the back of a semi-trailer after setting down a load. A second stand-up forklift was also backing up and the two forklifts collided. The elevated forks of the second forklift struck the left foot of the employee controlling the first forklift. The employee suffered three broken toes, requiring surgical removal of the fourth toe, as well as a cut (left foot).