Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quietflex Manufacturing Company, LP, 4518 BRITTMOORE RD., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
on — Fractures, affecting the lower extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
At approximately 8:25 a.m. on 3/4/2017, an employee was working on top of the cooling conveyor while cleaning the oven conveyor. The cleaning hose became caught in a gap between the oven roller and the conveyer unit and wrapped around his foot pulling both feet and lower legs into the gap. The employee was caught in and struck by the oven roller. The employee was admitted to the hospital with multiple fractures.
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An employee was performing a shift clean-up on a blend line when his left arm was pulled into the blending rollers. The blend line was turned off, but the rollers were still rotating. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a left arm amputation below the elbow.
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.
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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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