Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Highmark Inc., 1800 Center Street, CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA 17089
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a fan when the blade severed their right middle finger at the first knuckle.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was working from a step ladder while cleaning lights when they fell, resulting in a broken wrist and an injured knee and ankle. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was at a customer's home conducting a claim inspection for water damage. She was transferring from the roof to a ladder when she slipped and fell about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to her pelvis and tailbone, and torn muscles in her hip and leg. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was using a step ladder placed on a countertop. The employee lost their balance and fell approximately six feet to the floor below, resulting in a fractured right femur that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.