Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Homestat Farms, 201 Race Street, HIGHSPIRE, PENNSYLVANIA 17034
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum of malt liquid weighing 655 pounds. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the drum and a frame, causing a partial fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 31181)
An employee was working from a ladder, clearing dough from an overhead conveyor. His left hand was caught in the conveyor system's chain and sprocket, and a finger was amputated above the knuckle.
An employee was trying to remove bread from an outer slicer blade. She swiped at the debris and her left index finger contacted the outside bread slicer blade, amputating her left index fingertip.
An employee was working with a depositor machine when the employee's index finger contacted the depositor, amputating it from the fingertip to the knuckle. The machine was unguarded at the time.
An employee was replacing a magnet on a faulty pump when his left middle fingertip was pinched and lacerated between the magnet and the pump. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was operating a scaler at the batter depositor. The depositor needed to be adjusted for the weight of the batter being deposited in the cake pan. The employee was fixing the adjustment handle and amputated their left pinky fingertip.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.