Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MillerCoors, LLC, 17755 W. 32nd Ave, GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was jogging a machine to verify a preventative maintenance task had been completed when his fingers were pinned between the machine's belt and pulley. He suffered fractures to the topmost joints of his right index and ring fingers, requiring hospitalization.
Employees were installing a new belt and buckets in a grain elevator. Two employees were struck by the belt and bucket assembly as it was being installed by crane when the rigging gave way. The first employee was hospitalized for a broken leg. The second employee sustained nerve damage to an arm and was hospitalized.
An employee was repairing an electrical part on a turning machine when he came into contact with the exposed, 480-volt live electrical part, resulting in an electric shock on his right hand. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332431)
An employee was clearing a jam on a ring press. The press's secondary switch was activated, engaging it. It caught the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and sustained the amputation of two fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was checking a conveyor belt chain when his right index finger came into contact with the moving chain. He suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.