Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ring Power Corporation, Deer Creek, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA 32092
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
The injured employee along with his co-worker were lining a farm implement onto the farm tractor's hitch. As the farm implement was being aligned with the ball of the hitch, the employee's right pointer finger got caught between the implement and the ball of the hitch resulting in the amputation of his finger from the nail up. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Agricultural and garden machinery, unspecified
After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.
On July 8, 2023, in the enclosure shop, an employee and two co-workers were setting a metal sheet onto the manually-operated lifting rail. As they tilted the lifting rail so that the metal sheet would move to the outside yard, the injured employee's right hand was caught between two moving parts of the lifting rail. His right middle finger was amputated at the distal joint and his right ring finger was lacerated.
On June 15, 2023, an employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, installing a receptacle for a flat-screen television in an office. As he descended the ladder to retrieve a tool, he fell to the floor and sustained fractures to the right forearm/wrist.
On January 27, 2023, an employee was taking the trash out to the dumpster located outside at the back of the building when she tripped and fell over the wheel blocks of the dumpster and onto the asphalt pavement. She sustained a left compound wrist fracture that required hospitalization.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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