Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FMC Technologies, 2825 West Washington, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS 76401
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was in the process of clamping a metal pipe into a pistol clamp machine, when the part slipped off the fixture while his foot was on the foot pedal, pinning his left finger between the fixture and the part.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Employees were servicing a tool and attempting to remove the pivot pins while the tool was in the horizontal position. The first employee was kneeling and facing the tool, while a second employee was operating the grab handle to remove the pivot pins. The first pivot pin was successfully removed. While attempting to remove the second pivot pin, the second employee rotated the handle from the unlock position to the lock position. He then rotated the grab handle downward. During this operation, the pivot pin came out and allowed the grab handle to rotate past its normal stop (lock position). The second employee's right middle finger was then caught between the grab handle and a weldment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was being lifted by an aerial lift to repair a wellhead. The employee's left thumb got crushed and fractured between the aerial lift and the wellhead.
An employee was repairing a seal on a valve operator. He placed the drum cover over the actuator piston using an overhead crane and was manipulating the drum while operating the crane controls. While attempting to lower the drum the final 2 inches, he inadvertently pushed the wrong button on the hoist control, causing the drum to move upward. As a result, his left thumb was pinched between the base plate and drum cover. There was no amputation.
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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