Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hood Packaging Corporation, 2410 North Lydon Ave, TYLER, TEXAS 75702
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
In the printing department, an employee's right hand, third and fourth fingers were amputated while operating a flexographic press.
An employee was changing a print roll on a machine. The roll hit a stand, which fell and struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was cleaning small pieces of material off a fan when the fan cut his fingers, resulting in amputations to his thumb, index finger, and middle finger.
An employee was attempting to run paper bags through a printing press. He jogged the paper into place. His left hand was on the press cylinder when it rolled, amputating his left thumb below the nail bed and crushing his left index and middle fingers.
An employee was moving a paper roll with an overhead crane. Her right pinky finger got caught and was amputated between the paper roll shaft and the bracket.
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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