NILES, OHIO—
Arconic Inc.
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Arconic Inc., 1000 Warren Avenue, NILES, OHIO 44446 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a lifter to lift a rack of steel sheets when the lifter caught the edge of a hot block. The hot block then kicked toward the employee's left hand, pinching it between the hot block and lifter body. The employee's ring fingertip was partially amputated.
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CHANDLER, ARIZONA—
Arconic Inc.
Three pieces of metal, weighing approximately 250 pounds each, were being lifted using slings attached to an overhead crane. An employee was guiding the metal as it was lifted out of a rack. The metal pinched the employee s finger against the rack resulting in the amputation of his right ring fingertip.
NILES, OHIO—
Arconic Inc.
An employee was opening vertical coil tongs that were on the floor. As the employee began to open the device, it fell over and struck him on the right side. The employee suffered a right leg fracture and three broken ribs.
NILES, OHIO—
Arconic Inc.
An employee was trying to clean built-up product from the sensor/photo eye of the conveyor on a weigh blend system, which was failing to start after being calibrated. The tray of the conveyor actuated, and the tray's reciprocating motion caught the employee's arm, fracturing the left humerus. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
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