OSHA Injury Report: Coke Northeast - Burlington

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Working on a Freestyle machine replacing [REDACTED]

What happened

[REDACTED] WAS WORKING ON A FREESTYLE MACHINE ON CAMPUS AT UVM. [REDACTED] POWERED DOWN THE MACHINE BEFORE HE HAD TO REPLACE AN AUGER MOTOR. THIS INTAILS HAVING THE ICE MACHINE REMOVED OFF OF THE TOP OF THE MACHINE IN WHICH A 3RD PARTY COMPANY DID. AFTER REMOVING ALL OF THE ICE FROM THE ICE BIN [REDACTED] STARTED TO REMOVE THE OLD MOTOR AND REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW MOTOR. AFTER REPLACING THE MOTOR [REDACTED] THEN HAD TO PREFORM A SECOND REPAIR ON THE PSM. WHEN REACHING INTO REMOVE THE PSM [REDACTED] RECEIVED A SHOCK FROM THE MACHINE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO PULL BACK HIS ARM QUICKLY WHICH THEN CAUGHT ON A SHARP METAL EDGE INSIDE THE MACHINE. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE PALM. THIS WAS A DEEP 2 INCH LACERATION NEAR HIS RIGHT THUMB. [REDACTED] QUICKLY COVERED UP HIS HAND AND PLACED BANDAID ON IT TO CONTROL BLEEDING. [REDACTED] DETERMIND HE COULD FINISH THE REPAIR AS NEEDED DUE TO INJURY. HE THEN REPORTED THE INCEDENT AND WENT TO URGENT CARE. THEY OBSERVED HIS INJURY AND ST

Injury or illness

Hand Laceration

Object or substance involved

PSM on Freestyle 9000 unit

Summary line

[REDACTED] WAS WORKING ON A FREESTYLE MACHINE ON CAMPUS AT UVM. [REDACTED] POWERED DOWN THE MACHINE BEFORE HE HAD TO REPLACE AN AUGER MOTOR.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.