Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mauser USA LLC, 14 Convery Blvd., WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 07095
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor when a roller caught and amputated the employee's left middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was changing the cooling nozzles on an aftercooler and the pneumatic power was activated. This caused the top plate to move into the top position and crush the employee's right arm. The employee sustained a fractured arm.
An employee was staging metal pallet pans on a hydraulic lift table when assembling cages. The hydraulic lift table experienced a mechanical failure and lowered down onto the employee's right foot, resulting in two fractured toes and a laceration.
On April 29, 2021, at 8:47 a.m., an employee was operating a winding machine when their right-hand middle, ring, and pinky fingers were crushed at the point of operation, resulting in hospitalization and fingertip amputations.
An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack. He picked up two pallets with the jack; the top pallet shifted, causing the bottom pallet to move as well. This caused the pallet jack to suddenly lower. It struck the employee's right shin and dropped onto his left foot. He was hospitalized for surgery on his foot.
An employee was dressing a weld on a metal drum when his glove was caught between two rotating wheels on a rotating metal drum machine. The employee's left index fingertip suffered an injury leading to amputation.
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.
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