Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kiswire Pine Bluff, Inc., 5100 Industrial Dr. South, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71602
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
A temporary employee was bailing scrap wire. The bailer operates by pulling the wire into the machine and winding the wire. The bailer was operating in automatic mode while the temporary employee used their right foot to guide the wire into the bailing machine. The employee's shoe lace was then snagged by the wire, pulling the temporary employee into the bailing machine. The employee suffered fractures to the right leg below the knee.
A temporary employee was pushing a metal cart that was filled with wire when his left ring finger was lacerated and crushed in a pinch point between the cart and an adjacent sine drawing machine. He required surgery.
An employee was showing a coworker how to flip an empty spool (3ft by 1ft). The spool was on the tip of his steel-toe boot when it slipped off and fell on his right hand, lacerating it and breaking his right middle finger.
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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