Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EMD Chemicals, Inc, 110 EMD BLVD, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31407
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
A metal pipe line was plugged and the injured employee was attempting to remove the plug when the rotary valve positioned nearby was actuating and caught the air line the employee was holding pulling the gloves the employee was wearing into the actuating valve. The employee suffered a partial amputation (bone loss) of the right hand pointer finger up to the first joint.
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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