Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Northeast Packaging Co., 875 Skyway St, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE 04769
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was changing over and typesetting the print on a press when the printer plate grabbed and de-gloved the employee's left ring and little fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was resetting a slitter machine's counter when their left hand was crushed under two rotating score shafts. The employee sustained amputations to three fingers on their left hand.
An employee went to retrieve dunnage for a co-worker when his right hand became caught in the rollers on the box transfer conveyor. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his middle fingertip.
An employee was troubleshooting a mini-feeder. As the employee was tapping the rotating drive chain with an Allen wrench, the employee's right hand came into contact with the chain. The employee suffered partial amputations, lacerations, and fractures to the middle and ring fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was between two sections of a printer when they sustained amputations to three fingertips on their right hand from the running print rolls.
A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.