Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EMCO Industries, LLC, 24625 Amah Parkway, CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA 74019
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting an eye machine when all four fingers on his right hand were crushed and broken between the rear bearing plate and the main slide floating assembly.
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.
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An employee was placing a bushing into an opening (an eye) at the end of a piece of metal. The employee was holding the bushing with their right hand and engaging the hydraulic press when their glove was pinched between the bottom of the bushing and the metal. The glove was drawn into the eye, and the employee's right index fingertip was pinched and amputated at the first knuckle.
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An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.