Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Casual Living Unlimited LLC, 172 Orlan Road , NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17557
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a saw that kept clogging with sawdust. The employee placed the vac hose at the bottom of the saw, and the hose was sucked into the bottom. He sustained an amputation to his right-hand index finger.
An employee was lining up a piece of product to cut using an upcut saw when the foot pedal was engaged while the employee's thumb was still on the product, leading to an amputation of the left thumb.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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