Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Express Employment Professionals, 603 N 3rd Ave, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
The employee was operating a shear to fabricate a part for a crane. The employee placed an aluminum sheet into the machine opening and accidently hit the foot control which activated the press. The employee's left middle finger was amputated above the first knuckle. The employee was treated at a local hospital and released the same day.
A forklift backed into, and partially onto, a temporary employee's legs. It struck and injured her right calf and her left leg near the ankle sustained a severe gash. She was hospitalized with fractures and a partial degloving of the right leg.
A temporary employee was setting up a deck panel form. The temporary employee was working with two other employees to make the rebar cage fit in order to close the mold for production. A chain was used to pull or keep the cage in place. A short metal form wall fell and pinned the temporary employee's leg/ankle against the form base. He sustained a broken right fibula.
An employee was inspecting pieces as they came out of a machine. He went to pull apart the pieces. The punch came down and injured his fingers, resulting in amputations to his pinky finger as well as his middle and ring fingertips.
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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