Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PCC Airfoils, LLC, 3860 UNION AVENUE, MINERVA, OHIO 44657
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to wipe grease off of a mixer motor when the mixer shaft caught his left thumb, resulting in a partial amputation. The mixer was running at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAgitators, mixers-earth, mineral
An employee was running a high-pressure water cabinet waterblast unit. When the employee released the wand, it propelled itself out of the blast cabinet. The wand whipped around and the high-pressure water stream lacerated the employee's upper right arm.
An employee was troubleshooting and conducting maintenance on a wax injection molding die. An actuating part caught their left index finger and amputated the fingertip.
An employee was operating a hydraulic press when it cycled. She suffered injuries to three fingers on her left hand, leading to the amputation of her middle fingertip.
An employee working in the foundry started feeling dizzy around 2:00 PM. Around 5:00 PM, the employee began to perspire a lot and went to his car to lay down. His arms were seizing and he had leg cramps. The employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.
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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