Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ynfinti Global Wind Services, LLC, Woodward Mountain Wind farm, GIRVIN, TEXAS 79740
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee climbed up a turbine, inspected the chain hoist, and noticed that it was stuck. He was attempting to release the chain when it recoiled and pulled his hand into the hoist. He suffered a laceration to the left middle finger and a fracture to the left middle phalanx, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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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