Orange Bakery Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 30, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

On July 20, 2020, Employee # 1 left work with COVID-19 symptoms. He was hospitalized on July 20, 2020 and tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22, 2020. At 3:45 p.m. on August 30, 2020, he died from COVID-19.

Incident on Aug 31, 2018: Employee amputates several fingers when struck by dough cutt

At 10:00 p.m. on August 31, 2018, an employee was making a production changeover in the bakery and had not removed the dough from the production machine. The remaining dough along with the paper became hammed at the cutter blade and the employee tried to pull it out from the operator's side rather than both sides. The employee's right hand was underneath the cutter when it came down and amputated several fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 1, 2017: Employee fails to lockout equipment and lacerates hand/finge

At 4:00 p.m. on June 1, 2017, an employee was performing maintenance on machine. As the employee was cleaning the mechanical roller of the machine, his right hand became caught by the moving parts. The employee sustained severe lacerations on his hand, including injury to his index, middle and ring fingers, which he was hospitalized and received treatment. The incident investigation revealed that the machine was still plugged in during maintenance and no lockout/tagout procedures were in place.

Incident on Jun 28, 2012: Employee crushes hand in dough mixing machine

On June 28, 2012, Employee #1 was cleaning a Peerless dough mixing machine. The employer operates a bakery that has a large scale pastry production operation. E mployee #1 has worked for this employer directly for 24 years. On the day of the incident, Employee #1 removed the machine guards in order to gain access to the dough mixing paddles to clean them, and did not adequately deenergize or diseng age the power source with effective lockout/tagout procedures. While attempting to remove dough from inside the mixer, the mixing paddle cycled and crushed Empl oyee #1's left hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured h and.

Incident on May 13, 1993: Employee's fingers injured when caught in mixer

Employee #1 sustained injuries when his fingers became caught between the cover and bowl of a mixer.