Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc., 129 Soundview Road, GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT 06437
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a machine when his right middle and ring fingertips were amputated by the machine's unguarded chains and sprockets.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.
An employee was placing the wire from a capstan onto the empty take-off spool of a mill machine when the employee's left index fingertip was caught in the wire and amputated.
An employee was setting up a three-stand mill machine. As he placed his right hand on the block, his left hand pressed the jog forward button instead of the tension off button, causing the block to rotate counterclockwise and amputate his right middle and ring fingertips. The jog button was unguarded at the time.
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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