Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tollman Spring Company, Inc., 91 Enterprise Drive, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT 06010
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
While placing springs into a grinding machine, an employee contacted the guide edge of the grinding machine, amputating the right index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was retrieving a part. A nearby machine activated and amputated the tip of the employee's middle finger, as well as crushing the employee's index and ring fingers.
An employee was approaching the exit end of an automated and fully enclosed shot machine. A spring that was discharging jammed between the discharge pusher and the discharge transfer plate. The spring unjammed suddenly. Due to the excess force created between the discharge pusher and the discharge transfer plate, the spring shot out of the machine to the stop plate, a distance of approximately 8 feet. At that exact moment, the employee's hand was near the discharge table and the spring struck the employee's right arm, catching it between the spring and the stop plate. The employee suffered broken bones to the lower right arm (wrist area) as well as severed tendons and nerves.
An employee was grinding a piece of round stock when their glove got caught in the moving pedestal grinder and pulled into the grinding wheel. The employee suffered a broken fingertip resulting in surgical amputation.
An employee was troubleshooting a press machine. The machine completed its cycle while the employee's hand was next to an air cylinder, partially amputating the employee's left middle finger and fracturing the left ring finger.
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.