Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Berridge Manufacturing Company, 2201 Rudeloff Road, SEGUIN, TEXAS 78155
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to remove jammed material from a corrugated roll former machine. His glove was drawn into the rollers, causing a degloving injury to his right thumb between the fingernail and the first knuckle.
An employee was cleaning roll former dies when his rag became caught in the moving dies. His left hand was then pulled into the dies, amputating his middle finger to the second knuckle.
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 332114)
An employee was jogging a steel coil into a roll former to prepare the machine for a run. The coil started to slip, so he used his left hand to pull on it. His glove was pulled into the roll tooling, which crushed his left middle, ring, and little fingers. The employee sustained amputations to his left ring and little fingers.
An employee was operating a machine on a paint line. They were helping to remove aluminum from the machine and re-thread it when they took a step and contacted hot water in a wash tank, resulting in burns to their left foot.
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting an issue on a bundler machine when the machine actuated, striking and fracturing their right leg. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time.
An employee was performing repairs on a crimping machine when their thumb and index finger were crushed in the crimping mechanism. The employee sustained an amputation to the finger.
An employee was maneuvering a 350-pound roll from a skid to a forklift. The roll fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a partial right finger amputation.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.