Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at F.W. Webb Company, 10 Webb Drive, LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03053
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was oiling a conveyor chain when the employee's glove became caught in the chain, which pulled the employee's hand into the wheel cycle and chain. The employee experienced a fingertip amputation.
An employee was lifting the liftgate on the rear of his delivery truck after making a delivery when his right hand was caught in the liftgate. The employee sustained four fractured fingers.
An employee tripped and stumbled into an aisle end cap in a warehouse. He fell to the ground and suffered lacerations to the face, chin, hand, and right forearm. He was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and stepped off while it was coming to a stop. They became caught between the pallet jack and a pole. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.
An employee was making a delivery to a customer and fell on the ground while unloading his truck. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed, a dislocated shoulder, and a fractured left thumb.
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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