Mann Packing Co., Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 1, 2017: Employee is caught and pulled into a machine and is injured

At 7:51 a.m. on February 1, 2017, an employee was dumping material on a conveyor line. The employee's lab coat got caught on a rotating conveyor drive shaft. The employee was dumping reject bags of green beans to the trash cauliflower conveyor line, when suddenly the lab coat she was wearing got caught on an unguarded projecting shaft end of the conveyor. The employee fell to the production floor and suffered a left arm and leg fracture. Emergency personnel were called and the employee was transported to the hospital.

Incident on May 26, 2012: Janitor struck by forklift, falls and injures head

At approximately 12:45 a.m. on May 26, 2012, Employee #1, a 55-year-old female j anitor with Mann Packing Company Inc., was washing a machine in the production a rea. She was cleaning the machine and the floor in the production Department on an area known as "Bank Number Three", when a moving forklift came behind, striki ng Employee #1 on her right leg with the left fork, causing her to fall backward s hitting her head on the cement floor. Employee #1 was transported to Salinas V alley Memorial Hospital in Salinas California where she was admitted, the worker was released the next day on May 27, 2012 at 2:20 p.m. An opening conference wa s held with the Production Manager and the Human Resource Manager of the corpora tion, who escorted the Division to the area where the incident occurred, photogr aphs and measurements were taken. At the time of this investigation, the scene h ad been changed. Employee #1 suffered a Head Concussion in the event.

Incident on May 7, 2011: Employee's finger is amputated when caught by conveyor

On May 7, 2011, Employee #1, of Mann Packing Co. Incorporated, placed her hand o n the frame member of a conveyor. For some reason, the plastic paddles of the co nveyor that close the frame member smashed Employee #1's left index finger. Empl oyee #1 was transported to the hospital, and the tip of the left index finger wa s surgically removed.

Incident on Nov 11, 2007: Employee amputates fingertip bagging produce

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 11, 2007, Employee #1 was working on a Bo sch Bag Maker which produces bagged vegetables. Employee #1 was trying to put pr essure on the vertical seal bar when the pressure released and the seal bar clos ed on her right pinky finger. Employee #1 pulled her hand back amputating the ti p of her finger. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where the doctors treated her by grinding a small portion of the pinky bone to pull skin over for suturin g. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.