Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C.A. Murren & Sons, Company Mid-Atlantic, LLC, 2821 River Road , WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA 30830
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to set a pylon when the nylon sling that was holding the vertical pipe lost some tension and slipped over the employee's left pinky finger, then cinched back onto the finger and crushed it. The employee's pinky finger had to be surgically amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Slings
Mining operation
This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212322). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was removing a rock that had stuck on a dump truck gate. The gate shut on his fingers, causing amputations to three fingers on his right hand.
An employee was climbing up to a machine platform when his left hand came into contact with a conveyor pulley system. Three of his fingers were amputated. The pulley system was unguarded at the time.
An employee fell from the top of an industrial truck, breaking eight ribs and a vertebra in his upper back and suffering a punctured lung. Fall protection was not being worn at the time.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
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An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.