Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R W Sidley Inc., 436 Casement Ave., PAINESVILLE, OHIO 44077
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was inside the block plant maintenance shop waiting for a coworker to finish cutting pieces of angle iron with an electric-powered reciprocating saw. While the saw was operating, the employee's finger contacted the belt running between the saw's electric motor and the flywheel. The employee's left index fingertip was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
Two employees were putting another section of boom on a crawler crane. One end of the boom was resting on the ground and the opposite end was elevated approximately 2.5 feet in the air. An employee was under the elevated section of the boom, removing pins that would allow the boom to be separated. When the second of the two pins holding that section was removed, the crane boom fell on the employee. The employee sustained fractures.
An employee was working on a precast riser form, trying to adjust a steel plate at the top of the form. When a final bolt was loosened, the plate dropped and crushed the tip of the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was standing on a precast bed instructing a team member to strike a buttress to straighten the stressed strand in the form. The buttress spun due to the impact from the hammer and pressure from the strand. The pressure from the strand then pulled the buttress through the opening. The strand struck the employee's foot, knocking him off his feet and landing on his shoulder. The employee sustained an ankle injury and a dislocated left shoulder.
An employee was driving a truck, pulling away from a plant, when six vape pen batteries in his right front pants pocket ignited. He suffered severe burns to the upper right leg.
An employee was sanding the rough edges of a concrete wall while standing on a yard trailer platform when the employee tripped and fell approximately 4.5 feet to the ground, suffering a head injury and requiring hospitalization.
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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