Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Beck Manufacturing, 330 East Ninth Street, WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA 17268
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating the T-80 Kauffman Tapper machine. When he reached into the machine to clear a shaving, he bumped his hand on the spinning tap and suffered a partial amputation on the right index finger involving skin and flesh with no bone loss.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedThreading and tapping machines
An employee was attempting to clear a jam from a tapper machine when his right index finger was pinched between the shuttle piece and the metal frame, partially amputating his fingertip.
An employee reached into a horizontal band saw as it was running to either insert or remove a block. The pipe clamp on the saw closed and pinched her finger between the clamp and the block, partially amputating her left index fingertip.
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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