Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Joy Global Inc., 4400 W. National Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53214
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing service and maintenance on a machine when the pulley unit lacerated and fractured the employee's right hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization. The machine was unguarded and energized at the time of the incident.
The employee was using a miter saw to cut pieces of aluminum that were to be assembled into prototypes for the organization. His thumb was jerked into the saw and was cut.
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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