Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Honeywell, Inc., 3927 FM 1006, ORANGE, TEXAS 77630
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was emptying the skid bin underneath a rotary lock at the bag house, which allows bags to empty polymer wax, when the unit became plugged. As the employee attempted to clear the plugged chute, his right index, middle, and ring fingers were caught and amputated by the rotary valve (rotating drum with fingers).
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
An employee and his driving partner were disconnecting a tanker trailer from their tractor. Due to the weather conditions, the release handles on the fifth wheel coupling had ice build-up on them. The employee was disengaging the fifth wheel with a fifth wheel puller when the puller slipped. This caused the employee to lose his balance, falling backward and striking his head on an adjacent trailer. He suffered a head laceration and was hospitalized.
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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An employee was monitoring a rotary press when his left hand became caught in the machinery. The employee's left middle finger was amputated at the distal interphalangeal joint.
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An employee was working on a pastillator machine, which processes resin-based materials into solid pastilles. His right hand became caught between the feed roller (operating at approximately 350 F) and the cooling belt. The employee s glove and shirt sleeve adhered to his arm due to the heat. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his right hand and forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was troubleshooting a leak on a low pressure (less than 50 PSI) condensate line in the oxidation area of the plant. He was working to remove insulation around a valve when either the valve or the line failed, and hot condensate contacted his right arm, right abdomen area, and the front of both legs, resulting in second- and third-degree burns.
An employee was replacing a fan on a cooling unit. As he went to adjust a pump, the unit caught his right hand and the fan blades severely lacerated his index finger. He underwent a medical amputation to the finger.
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.