MARBLE, PENNSYLVANIA—
Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc., 17761 Route 208, MARBLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16334 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to unbind a conveyor chain by turning the drive pulley backwards. The chain jumped causing his left thumb to become caught and amputated in the chain and pulley.
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An employee was performing cleaning duties in the shaker room. The employee was going under a belt line from the chipper to the shaker when their hand and forearm became caught between a return roll and the belt. The employee's left hand/forearm was fractured and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was operating a bundle bander. After applying a band to a bundle of wood, the press was retracting back to its neutral position when the employee's left hand was caught between the press and the frame. The employee was hospitalized with fractured fingers.
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