Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CONGOLEUM CORPORATION, 4401 RIDGE ROAD, TRAINER, PENNSYLVANIA 19061
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was transferring a cylinder from its rack to a cylinder cart. As he was holding the cart's locking arm, his gloved left index fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between the locking arm and the resting block.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
An employee was loading bag resins onto a bag dumping station and wrapping/bundling up empty bags for disposal. The employee was dislodging a broken piece of wood that jammed in the conveyor's chain and sprocket when their gloved hand was caught in the conveyor, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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