Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ilsco Extrusions, Inc., 93 Werner Road, GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16125
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating an automated gang saw/flat bed saw and had loaded a new part. He was attempting to clean cut chip debris from the saw when the clamp came down and caught his left hand, partially amputating his pinky finger.
At 5:30 a.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee was operating a gang saw when a metal part became caught in the saw at an uneven angle. The employee went to the back of the saw and pulled the metal out. The gauge then cycled and caught the employee's right forearm against the advancing part to be cut. The employee's right forearm was broken and she was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An aluminum extrusion run had just finished, and two employees were using a die separator machine to separate the molds and tools from the die. As one of the employees started the machine, a hydraulic line on it blew apart at a fitting. The line, with the fitting on the end, struck one of the employees on the right shin. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his leg.
An employee was walking through a facility conducting an inspection when a forklift operator came around a corner and struck the employee, who then fell onto aluminum billets stacked on the floor. He broke his left leg and right shoulder, and he required stitches on the back of his head.
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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