Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fry Communications Inc., 101 Fry Drive, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17050
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was feeding a new roll into the web press and caught his right hand between two rollers. He sustained fractures to the right pinky finger and internal trauma to the right hand.
An employee was attempting to fix the autoloader on a binding machine when his right ring finger was caught in the machine's belt and pulley, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was pulling scrap paper from the press folder when his left index finger became caught under a belt, amputating his fingertip. The belt was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was changing a roll of shrink wrap when his right pinky finger was smashed between the roll of shrink wrap and the bracket where the roll sits, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was operating a laminator and opened an interlocked guard to fix a crease in a web that was running. The employee's right little fingertip contacted a pinch point between the web and the roller and was amputated.
An employee was loading plates into a heat press when they lost balance. The employee went to catch themselves when the press actuated on their hand, crushing their right little and index fingers.
An employee was making a splice on a hanging roll of polyethylene. A forklift bumped the roll, which struck the employee and caused him to fall backward. His back struck a rolling cart and was injured.
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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.
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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.