Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FedEx Ground Packaging, 1101 E. Cleveland Road, HUTCHINS, TEXAS 75141
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While sorting packages on a conveyor, an employee attempted to push a loose bolt that came out of a package and became lodged between the roller's transition plate and incline conveyor belt when the conveyor pinched the employee's right index fingertip.
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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