Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FCC Allenwood, PO Box 3500, WHITE DEER, PENNSYLVANIA 17887
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was lifting a heavy chiller in order to clean the area when the end plate (approximately 300 pounds) fell on his finger while trying to move it. His right middle finger was partially amputated (3/4 inch to the base of the nail).
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
A correctional officer was supervising inmates and had just entered the officer's station when an inmate attacked the officer. The correctional officer was hospitalized with two cuts on the left hand, a laceration on the left forehead, a laceration on the left side of the nose, a laceration on the inside of the left upper lip, a hematoma to the right forehead, a laceration through the right ear, bruises on the chest, bleeding from the right ear drum, and a broken nose.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at approximately 6:05 AM, an employee slipped on an icy sidewalk at FCI Allenwood and sustained a severe leg and arm injury. She was hospitalized.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
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An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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