Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pomp's Tire Service, 550 Sunnyside Road, BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA 15522
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee experienced a left thumb amputation when it was caught in a foam machine auger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was opening a tailgate on a customer's truck when it unlatched and he fell to the ground. He struck his neck on the truck's trailer ball hitch as he fell, resulting in dizziness, nausea, and discomfort. The employee was hospitalized with a neck contusion.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 326212)
An employee was using a clamshell tilt table to maneuver a tire when their left ring finger was pinched by the table and later amputated. The employee was hospitalized.
On November 11, 2024, at approximately 10:45 a.m., an employee was using compressed air to blow out the area under the buffer machine. Their right arm was caught in the rotating spindle, resulting in a laceration to the upper arm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working at the trim station of a precured tread finishing line. While removing trim waste material from the tension roller beneath the line's conveyor, the employee was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fracture to their right ulna.
An employee was putting air in a commercial roller tire when the lock ring blew off, and the rim struck him in the head. He sustained head and internal injuries.
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.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
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.