Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jeld-Wen, Inc., 500 Jeld-Wen Road, CRAIGSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA 26205
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On March 29, 2015, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee sustained an injury to the middle finger and index finger on his right hand, resulting in amputation. The site port cover was removed from the door-facing press to blow out the fiber incline conveyor. The conveyor was not shut down at the time. An air wand got caught between the conveyor and tail roller, and the employee's hand was pulled into the framework between the air wand and the conveyor housing.
Employees went to the trim saw control panel to investigate a malfunction. They ascended the baghouse ladder. A chemical explosion occurred within the baghouse. Two employees sustained burns to their face, neck, and arms.
An employee was preparing a boiler for maintenance. The hatch doors to the boiler were being opened. After opening the left door, the employee began to open the right door; as the employee removed the bolts to open the hatch, the hatch dislodged from the top hanger supporting bracket, fell, and struck the employee's left side. The employee suffered fractures to the skull, collarbone, wrist, and hand, all on the left side.
An employee was transferring a load of bifold doors onto rollers. The employee's right ring fingertip was pinched between the rollers and the doors and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was operating a chop saw to cut scrap material when his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration to the top of the hand between the middle and ring fingers.
An employee was removing groove filler from a vinyl extrusion piece using a handheld cutting tool. The tool lacerated the back of the employee's left hand and the employee was hospitalized.
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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