Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ARCTIC GLACIER U.S.A., INC., 335 Moffat St., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11237
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee suffered a finger amputation during machine maintenance.
Two employees were delivering ice to the icebox outside a convenience store. The driver was using an electric pallet jack to load an empty pallet onto the truck. The injured employee was unloading ice from a pallet and placing the ice into the customer's icebox. With the truck s liftgate fully raised, the driver went to lift the forks of the pallet jack so the pallet would clear the truck bed. The pallet jack malfunctioned and reversed off the liftgate. It struck the injured employee resulting in fractures to their left hip/femur.
An employee was climbing off the back of a delivery truck when he slipped and fell 52 inches onto a block wall that was adjacent to the parked truck, resulting in fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
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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An employee was removing a jammed metal ring from a ring bag closer when the machine cycled and contacted his left index finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
Two employees were delivering ice to the icebox outside a convenience store. The driver was using an electric pallet jack to load an empty pallet onto the truck. The injured employee was unloading ice from a pallet and placing the ice into the customer's icebox. With the truck s liftgate fully raised, the driver went to lift the forks of the pallet jack so the pallet would clear the truck bed. The pallet jack malfunctioned and reversed off the liftgate. It struck the injured employee resulting in fractures to their left hip/femur.
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