Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Price Industries, Inc., 1290 Barrow Industrial Pkwy, WINDER, GEORGIA 30680
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing the tool in a CNC stamping machine when the tool fell and smashed the employee's left pinky fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMachine and appliance parts, unspecified
An employee was operating a metal shearing machine to cut a 48-inch x 48-inch piece of sheet metal. The hold spring on the shear came down on his right index finger, resulting in amputation at the distal interphalangeal joint.
An employee was positioning metal frame parts on a projection welder workstation when their right index fingertip was pinched by a pneumatic clamp. The employee sustained partial amputation of the finger without loss of bone, and was hospitalized.
An employee was training another employee on operating a brake press. The press was activated while an employee's right hand was at its point of operation. It crushed three fingers on their right hand, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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