Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goetz & Sons, Inc., 114 H R Gin Road, RAYVILLE, LOUISIANA 71269
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a cotton bale press and was attempting to hit the stop button when his arm hit the ram-down button, causing the ram to come down and crush his right hand. His hand was amputated.
An employee was standing on a wooden platform to make an adjustment to a dawg with a hammer. The employee fell off the platform to the ground below, resulting in a laceration to the head and head trauma.
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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