Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aaon Coil Product Inc., 203 Gumsprings Rd, LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75602
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using an emery cloth on a bar stock that was turning on a lathe when his glove was caught on the cutting mount, pulling his left hand into the machine and cutting it.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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