Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Champion Fiberglass, Inc., 6400 Spring Stuebner Rd., SPRING, TEXAS 77389
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was winding fiberglass onto a spinning mandrel when his gloved right hand was caught by the fiberglass/mandrel and pulled into the winder. When he pulled his hand out, his middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
An employee was sanding a conduit pipe inside a CNC lathe. The employee's left hand and arm became entangled in the running clamp of the machine and the employee sustained a broken left forearm.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 335932)
An employee was working to reposition a spacer located between pinch roll mounting blocks on a slitter machine. He was standing to the side of the control panel with one hand on the control switch. While reaching for the spacer with his other hand, the control panel was inadvertently pressed and the pinch rolls closed, causing his left index finger to get caught between the upper and lower mounting blocks. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was sanding a conduit pipe inside a CNC lathe. The employee's left hand and arm became entangled in the running clamp of the machine and the employee sustained a broken left forearm.
An employee was unjamming a piece on a shape pultrusion line. Once the piece was trimmed back, an employee realigned the second puller on the line so that the cured piece could pass through the second puller. When the cycle was engaged, the machine amputated the tip of the employee's right thumb.
An employee was operating a hoist to lift material. His left index finger became pinched between a D-ring (lifting device) and the material being lifted, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was setting up a cable loop machine and training employees on the set-up procedures. As the employee loaded product, the clamp closed on their left hand and amputated their index finger. The employee had surgery.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
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An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.