Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LUND INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY, 655 Raco Drive, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30043
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was injured when his hand was caught between a belt and pulley on a CNC machine.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at LUND INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY
An employee was operating an injection molding machine that became clogged. While attempting to unclog the machine by removing the sprue, hot melted plastic came out onto the employee's hands and burned them.
An employee was exiting a room when her right little finger was caught in the door jamb on the hinge side of the door. The door pinched her finger, causing a partial amputation.
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 336390)
An employee was changing out the sensor wire on a sensor cap press. The machine actuated after the sensor was replaced, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left little finger.
A temporary employee was working on a plastic extrusion machine. The employee's left index finger got caught between the rotary gears, resulting an amputation to the finger.
An employee in the warehouse area was operating a semi-automated machine and noticed that the machine was not operating properly. He went to use a paper towel to clean the main rollers and his left hand was caught by the rollers. Two fingers were crushed.
An employee was walking to collect trash from a box at a work cell parts stand. A leg of the stand caught the employee's foot, causing the employee to lose balance, fall to the floor, and suffer a broken left elbow.
An employee's leg became entangled in a printer power cord. As she stepped backward, she got hung up and fell. She landed on her right side and suffered a broken right hip.
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.