Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alpha Precision Group, 95 Mason Run Road, RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA 15853
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was loading a part onto a slotter when the part began to fall off of the holding fixture. While straightening the part out on the fixture, the employee actuated the slotter with her other hand. Her right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the vice fixture and the part.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332117)
An employee was running a sizing press. He was changing totes and needed to verify the sizes on the new tote of parts. While he was removing a part, the machine, operating in inch mode, crushed his left index fingertip between the pin, punch, and die. The employee sustained an amputation to left index finger. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was removing a mold (weighing over 50 pounds) from a press machine to take the mold to another location. When he put the mold down, it dropped onto his finger and amputated his fingertip at the knuckle.
At 9:20 a.m. on Saturday August 17, 2024, an employee was running a sizing press machine when his right hand was caught in the press. The employee sustained an amputation of his ring finger at the knuckle and injuries to his index, middle, and little fingers that required stitches.
An employee was working on a sizing press. They were putting a part into the sizing press when the machine cycled. The employee sustained an amputation to their right index finger.
An employee was cleaning the tooling in a mechanical power press when the ram drifted down and caught the employee's right middle finger. Their fingertip was amputated.
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.