Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Data-Mail, Inc., 240 Hartford Avenue, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06111
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On or about July 7, 2016, at 2:30 a.m., an employee amputated the middle and ring fingers on his left hand while installing a cassette unit into a press.
An employee was oiling the chain on a machine. As he was wiping off excess oil, the chain caught his hand and amputated his right middle fingertip, removing two-thirds of the nail.
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.
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An employee had been loading laminated cards into an inserter machine. She walked by a skid to grab product and her foot got caught on loose shrink wrap from the skid causing her to fall onto the concrete and break her right leg.
An employee was driving a forklift when it struck a beam. He was thrown forward, then backward and to the right, hitting his head on the steering wheel/mast and then on the propane tank. The employee sustained a head injury.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.