Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nordson Corporation, 1159 Empire Expressway, SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA 30401
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to remove residue from a machine's chain when the employee's right index finger was caught and lacerated in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket. The machine was running at the time.
An employee was cleaning the dressing wheel on a grinder. The rag he was using fell between the wheels and pulled his left hand into the wheel. The finger was cut down to the first joint.
An employee was using a 4-foot mobile staircase to retrieve a part from an inventory rack. The employee missed the bottom step while descending the staircase and fell to the ground, fracturing a hip.
On August 25, 2017, an employee was operating a radial arm circular saw to cut a wooden board when the employee's finger contacted the rotating blade, fracturing and lacerating it.
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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