Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nidec Motor Corporation, 500 N Morrow St, MENA, ARKANSAS 71953
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a hold-down clamp to position material to be sheared. While adjusting the hold-down clamp, the machine cycled, crushing and amputating the tip of his right-hand middle finger.
Employees were removing dies from a press. The injured employee was guiding a suspended die set by hand to ensure proper placement on the skid when the employee's gloved fingertips were pinched between the upper and lower dies of the blanket die set as it was lowered by a hoist onto a skid. The employee's left middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
An employee was loading large cylindrical arbors vertically into a cart with wheels when an arbor fell. This caused a shift in weight and the basket became top-heavy and tilted. The employee's hand was still on the lifting device connected to the hoist and arbor when the basket and arbors shifted. His left ring finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was shimming a rotor assembly in a lathe to correct a run-out condition before turning the part in a CNC turning lathe. The tail stock foot pedal was actuated, closing the tail stock on and amputating her left index finger to the first knuckle.
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.
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