Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advanced Drainage Systems, 16234 13th Street NE, Suite 2, BUXTON, NORTH DAKOTA 58218
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to clear a product jam from a piece of processing equipment. When the product became free, the employee's hand struck a gear in the equipment resulting in a fracture to the index and little finger. The employee was hospitalized due to a surgical procedure that required the partial amputation of the little fingertip.
An employee was removing straps from a load of 18" pipe in a trailer. The employee was pulling a release strap from the passenger side of the trailer when one unsecured pipe rolled from the top of the load and struck the employee's head and neck, causing a contusion.
An employee was unloading pipe from a drop-side trailer. He lowered the gate, but the pipe would not roll out. The employee went to the opposite side to push the pipe with his right arm. The pipe fell on and fractured his upper right arm, requiring hospitalization.
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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