Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 6:30 p.m. on October 6, 2017, an employee was working on the C4A hard candy line in the C-7 Kitchen. As she was waiting for a new batch to come through the line, she removed a guard to the infeed assembly to extract a piece of candy, measuring 2 to 3 inches, to prevent it from hardening or causing issues in the press. As she reached into the infeed section with her left hand, the cutting knife activated and partially amputated her left index finger.

NarrativeAt 9:30 a.m. on September 15, 2017, an employee was cleaning a mixer. The employee reached into the mixer while it was running and his right hand was caught, resulting in an amputation of the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on May 25, 2017, an employee operating a Mogul machine reached in to the moving parts of machine component checking for a water leak. The employee reached near an unguarded moving machine parts and inadvertently placed his left index finger in a hazardous pinch point. A water leak on a copper line had been repaired the day before. The employee's tip of the left index finger was crushed between a moving nozzle plate and a stationary plate resulting in amputation.