Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HON COMPANY, 907 WEST AVENUE, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA 30125
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was installing a part in a press machine when her leg hit the switch. Her left pinky fingertip got caught in the machine and was partially amputated.
An employee was attempting to remove a cardboard corner post on a pallet. He was using his right leg as leverage on the pallet. As he was bending the corner post, it released, and the pallet slipped out from under his foot. He fell back onto the concrete floor, breaking his left hip bone.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 337214)
An employee was troubleshooting a tabletop binding machine at a customer location when the machine cycled and contacted their left middle finger, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.
An employee was setting up a CNC bender to fabricate a new product prototype. A piece of tubing was drawn back into the bending machine and pulled the employee's right hand in with it. His fingertip was caught between the bending and damping dies and amputated.
At 10:15 a.m. on May 17, 2022, an employee was cutting a sheet of half-inch oriented strand board on a table saw when the saw blade contacted the employee's right hand. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated.
An employee was at a customer site to service a paper punch machine. The employee's left ring and little fingertips were in the die area when the machine cycled resulting in amputation of both fingertips.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.