MILFORD, CONNECTICUT—
Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC, 10 Leighton Road, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT 06460 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was transferring a steel mold plate from one work bench to another using an overhead hoist when the mold plate already on the work table began to fall/tip over. As he tried to catch the plate, it crushed his right hand.
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DOVER, DELAWARE—
Edgewell Personal Care LLC
A mechanic was assisting another employee to remove an accumulation of material from a machine. The mechanic shut down the machine and went to clear the material when his fingers were caught in the roller, resulting in amputations to his index, middle and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
MILFORD, CONNECTICUT—
Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
An employee was conducting maintenance on a molding tool when it kicked out, causing a partial amputation to the employee's finger.
ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA—
Edgewell Personal Care, LLC.
A temporary employee was using a metal drum lift to lift a 55-gallon plastic drum to raise and tip the drum over and pour the suntan product mix into a container to be weighed. He placed his hand on the lift's clamp while the drum was in a vertical position. The drum slipped and his right index finger was caught between the top lip of the drum and the clamp resulting in the amputation of his right index fingertip.
ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA—
Edgewell Personal Care, LLC.
A temporary employee was resting on top of the depucker machine guard housing while bottles passed by on the conveyor belt. She braced her left hand underneath the machine's conveyor belt guard to push herself back up to a standing position when her left hand made contact with the moving conveyor belt resulting in the amputation of the first joint of her left index and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.
DOVER, DELAWARE—
Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
On 01/19/2017, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was walking into the work site when she tripped and fell over the curb and into the doorframe. She caught the edge of the hinged door and then fell to the concrete floor, hitting her forehead and scalp, breaking her nose, and contusing her neck.
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