Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Warp Processing Co., Incorporated, 95 Stevens Lane, EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA 18643
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's right hand was caught between a beam and a pressure roller and amputated.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 313112)
An employee was guiding yarn into machine rollers when the rollers pulled his right hand into the machine, crushing his fingers. The machine also released steam that burned his fingers and right forearm. The rollers were unguarded at the time.
An employee was setting up a machine and was de-beaming. During rethreading, two of his fingers became caught in the hooks and injured the right, middle finger. He was taken to the hospital and his fingertip was re-attached.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, an employee walking through the blocking department/packing area tripped as she was walking around some boxes. She fell to the floor, sustaining fractures to both of her upper arms. She was admitted to the hospital for her injuries.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.