Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Noble Biomaterials, Incorporated, 300 Palm Street, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18505
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting wood with a table saw when the employee's left hand came into contact with the cutting blade, lacerating the ring fingertip and amputating the index finger distal phalange and middle fingertip.
An employee used a forklift to lift an electric pallet jack so they could diagnose a problem with the pallet jack. The pallet jack fell off the forklift forks and struck the employee. He sustained fractures to the ribs and pelvis. He also fell, landing on a stack of pallets which fractured his left forearm.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was walking by a lathe machine when his left hand got caught in a roller of the lathe machine. The employee sustained amputations involving the last two digits of the left hand and partial amputation of the middle finger.
An employee was cleaning the nip roller and setting up/operating a laminating machine when their left hand was caught in the machine and crushed. The employee sustained the amputation of their middle, ring, and little fingers. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was working at a coating/printing wind-up station when his right arm was caught in the machine. He suffered multiple fractures to the arm, including a compound fracture.
An employee used a forklift to lift an electric pallet jack so they could diagnose a problem with the pallet jack. The pallet jack fell off the forklift forks and struck the employee. He sustained fractures to the ribs and pelvis. He also fell, landing on a stack of pallets which fractured his left forearm.
An employee was cleaning debris from a machine when their left hand was caught in the in-going nip point. The employee sustained fractures and a crush injury to fingers of the left hand.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.