Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tech Cast Holdings, LLC, 640 South Cherry Street, MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17067
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was grinding a casting using a 20-inch face-front grinding wheel when the employee's finger was pinched at the bottom of the wheel on the seal plate, resulting in an amputation.
Employee was adding a steel bar to the induction furnace when it flared up and splashed hot metal on the employee. Employee was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital.
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.
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