Baron HR: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 24, 2017: Employee is emptying trailer and catches hand between traile

At 6:30 a.m. on June 24, 2017, an employee was moving equipment out of a trailer using a Raymond electric pallet jack. The employee lost control of the pallet jack and smashed his hand between the jack and the trailer wall. The employee suffered a lacerated hand and was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 24, 2017: Employee's hand is crushed while operating pallet jack

At 6:30 a.m. on June 24, 2017, an employee was unloading a pallet jack from a bobtail truck in the shipping and receiving department. After exiting the bobtail truck with a walkie for an electric pallet jack, the employee inadvertently moved the pallet jack backward instead of forward. The pallet jack collided against the wall of the truck, crushing the employee's left hand between the pallet jack and the wall of the truck. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for his injury.

Incident on May 12, 2017: Employee crushes finger between door frame and rolling rack

At 12:00 p.m. on May 12, 2017, an employee was pulling a rack from the blast freezer when his left pinky finger got smashed between the door frame and the rolling rack, resulting in an amputation. The employee was not hospitalized.

Incident on Jan 17, 2017: Employee is struck by press brake, amputating his finger

At 8:00 a.m. on January 17, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a Press Brake, Serial Number 5200256, bending pieces of metal. The employee was holding a piece of metal with both hands. As the punch plate went up, Employee #1's left hand slipped from the holding position and into the point of operation. The plate came down, striking the tip of his middle finger. Employee #1 sustained an amputation of the distal middle finger of his left hand at approximately mid-nail. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Incident on Feb 25, 2012: Food packager loses fingertip in machinery accident

At 2:20 p.m. on February 25, 2012, Employee #1, a 39-yr-old food processor, was finishing his assignment on the production line at a labeling machine when he re ached into another machine to extract some food residue that was stuck in the me chanism. He came into contact with a sharp edge and suffered an avulsion on his lacerated left middle finger. Later in the day he was taken to the emergency roo m, where the wound was cleaned; he was provided antibiotics and some pain medica tion and released the same day.