Trip without fall, unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pratt Impress Manufacturing, 726 Broad Street, EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA 18049
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the elbow(s) and arms(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was feeding cardboard sheets into a machine when a jam occurred. He was attempting to unjam the machine when he tripped and used his right hand to catch himself. His right arm/elbow area was then caught between the machine's anvil roller and stop shaft before the machine fully stopped. He suffered a skin detachment injury to his right arm's elbow/bicep area, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
An employee was walking underneath a silo when he tripped. The employee reached for a head pulley gear box and his finger became caught in the belt, resulting in a degloving injury that required medical amputation of the right middle fingertip.
On July 18, 2022, an employee was carrying chains to hook to a tool building. The employee tripped, and the eye ring for the four-way chains came down onto the eye of the tool building, catching his right index finger and amputating it above the first joint.
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