Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Parkdale Mills,Inc., 400 Industrial Blvd, LEESBURG, ALABAMA 35983
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing lint from a monitor behind a robot. As the employee was pulling his hand out of the docking piece, the robot moved and caught his finger between the docking piece and the flat piece of metal on the bottom of the robot. The tip of his right little finger was amputated.
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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