Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Legacy Cabinets INC., 285 Legacy Blvd, EASTABOGA, ALABAMA 36260
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning bands on an auto booth paint machine when his right index finger got caught between the band and the rollers, causing an amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
An employee had climbed onto a hydraulic platform floor lift to move jammed material. While the floor lift was moving up, the employee stepped off the lift and his foot was caught between the floor of the lift and the metal plate on the floor above. The employee was hospitalized with a crushing injury to his foot and toes.
An employee was walking up the back steps to a warehouse. He fell forward and his face struck a guardrail at the top of the stair platform. He suffered a facial laceration and possible fracture.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 337110)
An employee fell to an office floor, landing on her right side and suffering a broken hip, a broken right arm, and a concussion. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was clearing a small piece of wood that had jammed in the back of a machine. A cutting blade in the machine lacerated the employee's right forearm. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to travel from the warehouse to the breakroom area. The forklift struck the breakroom wall, causing a fracture/crush injury to his left foot.
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw. The wood bound in the saw, which then pulled the employee's right hand into the blade. His middle finger was cut and fractured.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.