GFF Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 25, 2020: Employee with covid-19 infection is hospitalized

An employee worked as a Palletizer in the production room of a food manufacturing facility. The employee worked independently several feet from coworkers. The employee was performing his normal work duties when he began to experience symptoms related to COVID-19. The employee started lost his sense of taste and smell and his symptoms continued to worsen. On November 15, 2020, the employee was hospitalized for a few days. Information regarding COVID-19 testing is not included in the narrative. The source of the employee's illness is unknown. Information regarding engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment controls for COVID-19 are not included in the narrative.

Incident on Apr 14, 2010: Employee's finger is crushed by metal bar, amputated later

At approximately 7:00 p.m. on April 14, 2010, Employee #1 was working in the pro duction department of a pickle and salad dressing manufacturer, at Peanut Butter Cup Machine 2 (Model Number DSP3, Serial Number 05057357). The machine's O-ring s would push up the peanut butter cups, which fill with product, some of which m ay spill over. After the cups fill, a metal bar would push out the cups to the c onveyor. The metal bar would move up while the cups fill, and then the metal bar would come down and push out the cups to the conveyor. Employee #1 was cleaning an overspill of the product, when the metal bar came down and caught her right middle finger, smashing it. Employee #1 was taken to the clinic, where she had s urgery, resulting in partial amputation of her right middle finger. The factors leading to the accident were the failure to provide guards at the Peanut Butter Cup Machine to prevent accidental contact and the failure to provide extension t ools for cleaning the machine, and the failure to deenergize the machine while c leaning the machine.