Mayonnaise Dressing and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 12:34 p.m. on October 17, 2017, an employee was reaching inside a labeling machine to remove a stuck label. The running machine pulled the employee's hand into a pinch point. The employee fingers were fractured.

NarrativeAt 8:00 a.m. on August 17, 2017, an employee (supervisor) was trying to unjam the tamper bander machine. The plastic bands were being cut by the machine but were accumulating between two spinning disks. The machine has a feature that automatically stops the machine when it fails to see product. While the machine was stopped, the employee reached in through a back door that was not protected by sensors that would stop the machine. He reached his right hand in to grab the bands that were clogged when the machine unexpectedly started up. The employee amputated the tip of his right index finger on two spinning plates.

NarrativeAt 8:30 a.m. on March 7, 2017, an employee was investigating a trailer door tha t had become stuck in the open position. The door was a rollup type. After loc king the door in place with a wise grip, he touched the door's spring, which was broken, with one of his hands. The spring unraveled and caught the tip of h is left middle finger, resulting in its amputation.