Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., 19001 Kremier Road, WALLER, TEXAS 77484
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to troubleshoot a machine that was not working properly when the chain pulled his gloved hand into the moving conveyor, crushing his middle and index fingers and resulting in finger amputations.
An employee was working at a die transfer system when their finger became caught between the crossbar and the edge of the die in the transfer system. The employee sustained a finger amputation.
The injured employee was parked in a tugger. A reach truck driver was relocating a container that was behind a stack of containers. The forks came into contact with the stack of containers, tipping it over onto the injured employee's tugger. The injured employee was hospitalized with lacerations to both hands and the right side of their face.
An employee was removing material from a container when the material shifted, causing his right pinky fingertip to be caught between the material and the wall of the container. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right pinky fingertip.
An employee was putting a bend channel in a sheet of metal using a press brake. The brake actuated and the sheet metal rose up against the brake die, smashing the employee's fingers between the brake die and the sheet metal. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger at the last joint.
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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