Fractures and burns

An employee was adding hydrogen peroxide to a chemical pot that exploded. The employee suffered two fractured left-hand fingers and chemical burns.

An employee was inside the Line 25 cooler doing a clean-out to prepare for the next batch. The machine was locked out, but the key was left in the lock and wasn’t turned to the off position. Once the materials are loaded into this machine, it starts up again automatically if it has not been […]

An employee removed a guard on the ST04 to clear a jam in the packaging film. After clearing the jam, the employee removed meat from the pockets to be rerun. The employee reached in the seal head area which had a sensor that triggered the lift to raise the form box to the seal head. […]