Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc., 2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17202
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a table saw to rip small pieces of 2x4 for a form when his left index finger contacted the running blade, amputating the first knuckle. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was building wooden forms using a staple gun. The gun shot a staple into the back of his left hand. He was hospitalized for surgery to remove the staple.
An employee tripped and punctured his left foot on a metal strand that had just been cut. He was hospitalized and had surgery. Proper PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.
On October 25, 2016, at 7:10 a.m., an employee was disassembling a load of precast concrete hollow core planks and tried to remove the stacking block before the plank had cleared the stack. The plank broke and amputated the tip and fingernail of his left index finger. He was hospitalized for treatment.
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 stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.