Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Broadridge Financial Solutions, 404 Royal Lane, COPPELL, TEXAS 75019
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to remove a paper jam in a machine when the machine blade amputated his left index fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Broadridge Financial Solutions
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 523999)
An employee was standing with one foot on the edge of a lift, leaning in to read the part number on a carton. He stepped back, began to fall, and grabbed the rack support to stop himself from falling. A hole in the rack caught his right little finger and amputated it.
An employee climbed to the 6-foot level of a ladder on a deck to remove screws and trim boards when the ladder slipped on the deck. He fell to the side and then jumped to the floor off the deck, landing on his feet before collapsing. He fractured his right tibia and injured his left heel, requiring surgery.
An employee was cleaning out the rear of the company van and when he closed the rear door, his right thumb was caught in the gap between the hinges. The tip of the thumb was partially amputated.
An employee was sitting at her work station when she got up and tripped over a purse strap that was on the floor. She was hospitalized with a broken right femur.
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.