Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CNH Industrial America, LLC, 500 Diller Avenue, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA 17557
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was lifting a part with a hoist. As the part was being elevated, the employee's finger was caught between two parts causing a fingertip amputation.
Two employees were loading an 81-pound part onto a press brake. The injured employee felt a sharp pain in their abdomen as they were lifting it. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia that required surgery.
An employee was using an electric torque tool and an extension with a swivel socket attached, The employee was using their right hand to stabilize the swivel socket onto the bolt. When they began to tighten the bolt for the bracket, the employee's glove got caught and wrapped up in the extension resulting in amputation of their right index fingertip at the first knuckle.
An employee was lifting a pallet skid off a roller table when their little finger was crushed between the pallet skid and a stopper post, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was breaking down a metal bracket/mount after the completion of an engineering test. Bolts are used to raise or lower the mount depending on the test. The employee was lowering the mounting bracket. Once bolts were loosened, the weight of the bracket caused it to slide down and pinch his right index finger between a groove on the bracket and the bolt assembly, resulting in an amputation of the finger pad.
An employee was forming a part on a brake press. As they repositioned the part and pushed it to the back stop, the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the part and the brake tooling, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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