Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ameristar Perimeter Security USA. Inc, 1555 N. Mingo Rd, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74116
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employee was operating a roll mill swedger. He was pushing on a slide bar when he placed his right hand on the moving equipment, severely crushing his middle finger. He was taken to the hospital where the tip of his right middle finger was amputated at the first joint.
An employee was adjusting the rollers on the mill feeder when their right thumb was crushed between two rollers, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
Two employees were removing racks of painted parts from a conveyor belt and putting them on a dolly. The injured employee had his left hand on the upright of the dolly when the other employee dropped his end of the rack. The injured employee's left ring finger was caught between the rack and the dolly, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was removing a piece of scrap metal from a machine and they were struck in the upper left chest with a fence pole, causing a puncture wound and two fractured ribs.
An employee was changing the die on a 100-ton stamping press. As he was pushing the new die into place, his left middle fingertip was caught between the die and the die housing. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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