Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NAZDAR, 8501 HEDGE LANE TERRACE, SHAWNEE, KANSAS 66227
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's left thumb was pulled into a bench grinder and was partially amputated. The grinder was unguarded at the time.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was taking out the trash through the storeroom door when the storeroom door closed on their left index finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee had been using a hoist to add bulk bags of pigment to tanks in an area that was not air conditioned. The employee collapsed from heat stress and was hospitalized due to dehydration.
An employee was pumping varnish from a holding tank into a tub for a production batch. He was filling the tub through a flex hose. When the hot varnish started flowing, it caused the flex hose to move and spray hot varnish. The employee sustained burns to their back requiring hospitalization.
An employee was adding chemicals to a mixer when a combustible dust explosion occurred and started a fire. The employee jumped off the platform, which resulted in broken bones; the employee was also burned.
An employee was moving drums off a skid. When he set a drum back down, his ring finger was caught between the rims of two drums resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.
Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.