Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hellas Construction, Inc., 146 Industrial Park Road, DADEVILLE, ALABAMA 36853
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working with two other employees to ensure the proper setup/startup of an extrusion machine. The injured employee was conducting a quality check of the product on the conveyor between the extrusion and fibrillation roller when his left hand was caught between the conveyor roller and fibrillator, resulting in a left hand amputation.
An employee was cleaning up the jobsite, including an onsite mixing machine. The employee removed an access cover to the auger and the auger grabbed his gloved left hand, amputating the tips of his left index and ring fingers and his little finger at the third knuckle. The mixing machine was in operation at the time.
An employee was assisting in setting up a protective liner along a fence line in the football field track area. When the employee went to gain support on a stadium light tower, he was shocked by an electrical panel. The employee lost consciousness, fell to the ground, and sustained contusions to the right cheek from the fall.
At 3:30 p.m. on July 6, 2022, an employee was cleaning dirt from a curve with a shovel when he developed heat-related cramps in his legs and arms and a headache. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.
A low impact collision occurred when a skid steer backed into a buggy. During impact, the injured employee suffered a fractured fibula, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was adding water to the radiator of a piece of heavy equipment when a front end loader struck him. He suffered abdominal injuries and a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
A temporary employee cut back-wrapped material on an extrusion line. His left hand was caught in the material as he tried to clear it. As the material continued to rotate, the employee's left ring finger was severed, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was using a plastic pipe to clear a jam in the shredding equipment. The pipe got stuck in the shredder and went into a vertical position, crushing the employee's left ring finger between the pipe and the top of the shredder shroud. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to move a pallet of product that was sitting on the floor in an aisle of the finishing warehouse next to metal racking. The forklift cab went under the middle shelf and his torso became caught between the metal shelf (at his back) and the forklift steering control stick (at his front). He was hospitalized with possible fractured ribs.
An employee was starting to collect edge trim when their right middle and ring fingers came into contact with a shear slitter blade. Half of the ring finger was nearly amputated, and half of the middle finger was amputated.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.