Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABC FINE WINE & SPIRITS, 8989 South Orange Ave, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32824
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was conducting maintenance on a conveyor belt and amputated his left index finger.
An employee was exiting a store when a steel gate, used to lock and protect the store, fell onto his right shoulder. He suffered a broken right humeral neck, as well as three broken right-side ribs.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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