MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA—
AEP INDUSTRIES INC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at AEP INDUSTRIES INC, 20 ELMWOOD AVENUE, CRESTWOOD IND. PARK, MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA 18707 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee suffered the amputation of their right index and middle fingers at the first joint when the employee opened the door of a machine to clean the interior with a cloth and the cloth and the employee's hand were pulled into the machine.
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An employee was removing a roll from a machine during normal routine operation when he dropped a heavy core and pinched his finger between two objects. His right ring finger was amputated from the tip to roughly one half of the nailbed. The first knuckle is intact.
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Employee was performing maintenance on the Draw Tape Conversion #14 machine and removed the side panel to grease the sprocket and chain without locking out the machine, which was still running. As he attempted to wipe down the sprocket with a rag, it got caught in the sprocket and pulled his left hand in, causing three fingers to be amputated: two fingers down to the nail, and one below the first knuckle.
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