Struck against object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Abraxas Youth and Family Services, 1000 Academy Drive, MORGANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19543
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While cleaning a food slicer, an employee amputated the ring finger on her right hand.
Two employees were escorting a resident to their room. The resident was resisting, and grabbed onto the door of their room and the door closed on the injured employee's middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip at the nailbed.
An employee was tying a feed bag when his hand slipped and struck the side of the feed hopper resulting in a laceration to the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
At approximately 9:45 AM, a maintenance technician was assisting in removing a feed roller from a coating tank. The bolts were removed and a supporting chain was in place. The technician was using a prybar to unseat the roller shaft when the prybar slipped, causing him to lunge forward and strike the right side of his face against a valve stem. The technician sustained a fracture and laceration to the cheek, and required surgery for an injury related to his right eye. He was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning and performing maintenance on a vertical panel saw when the employee impacted the saw blade. They sustained a finger fracture and laceration.
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An employee was called to the emergency department to assist with de-escalating a patient. During the incident, the patient pulled a firearm out of their bag and began shooting. The employee was shot in the torso. They were hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
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An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.