EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA—
GKN Sinter Metals
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GKN Sinter Metals, One Airport Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA 15834 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a scissor lift to raise pipes near the ceiling. His hand was on the rail of the scissor lift when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between a piece of electrical conduit and the scissor lift railing.
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EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA—
GKN Sinter Metals
An employee was aligning/installing the bottom punch in a forging press. An airline was hooked up to extend cylinders for the die pod. The airline became disconnected and the die pod fell, pinching the employee's left index finger between the die and the punch. The finger was amputated to the second knuckle.
EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA—
GKN Sinter Metals
An employee was trying to unjam a part on a sort table when a part slide mechanism pinched her right middle finger between the air-actuated slide and a part. As she pulled her hand out to remove her finger, her fingertip was amputated just below the cuticle.
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GKN Sinter Metals
On January 6, 2015, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an employee was performing a change over in the secondary turn cell when the clamp/unclamp feature was activated. The employee's fingertips on both hands were caught behind the chuck of the lathe. On the left hand, the third and fourth fingers were amputated.
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