Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BDG Wrap-Tite, Inc, 6075 Cochran Road, SOLON, OHIO 44139
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee climbed on top of a chair to make an adjustment to an extruder (E2). The employee got the middle finger on his right hand caught in rollers causing a partial amputation.
On December 3, 2018, an employee reached into the fluff grinder of an extrusion machine to empty the fluff. The employee sustained an amputation of the right pinky finger to the first knuckle. The machine was running at the time.
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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