Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Railroad Engineering Services, LLC, Mile post 76.2, SCIO, OHIO 43988
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On 7/31/2017, an employee was trying to repair a spiker machine. The employee was working under the machine and could not reach a broken screw. Another employee got in the machine and made an adjustment to the anvil so that the other employee could reach the screw. After the adjustment was made, the employee accidentally pumped the controls for the anvil again, causing it to cycle and pin the other employee's right hand to the track. The anvil then hammered approximately 3 to 5 times, crushing the employee's right index finger and requiring surgical amputation. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
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.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
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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