Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Age Industries, LTD, 3601 County Road 316-C, CLEBURNE, TEXAS 76031
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee working in a corrugated box manufacturing facility was operating a tube saw that became jammed with material. He lifted the guarding system to unclog the machine. He re-loaded the machine with tubes while the guards were in the lifted position. As he began to feed the newly inserted tubes, his gloved right hand was lacerated. He was taken to the hospital.
An employee was standing at the end of a jumbo press, which had a flat roller holding 200-pound boxes. The roller with the boxes ran over and crushed the employee's left foot.
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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