Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NCI Group, Inc., 14301 West Hardy Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77060
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a tool to clean film buildup off of a set of equipment leveler rollers. Once completed, the employee selected jog mode on the operator console to turn the leveler rollers and inspect if all of the film was removed. During the process of jogging the rollers forward, the employee's right hand was pulled into the leveler rollers causing a laceration to the palm.
An employee was moving bar stock. The employee's left index finger was caught and crushed between a conveyor roller and a piece of the stock. The finger was medically amputated.
An employee was moving bar stock on the conveyor for a vertical bandsaw. The conveyor actuated, and his left index finger was crushed between a conveyor roller and the piece of bar stock he was working with. The fingertip was medically amputated.
An employee had just lowered a spreader bar using a crane. When he removed the hook and raised the crane, it clipped the spreader bar and caused it to tilt over, landing on his left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a left foot fracture.
An employee was making adjustments to a limit switch located inside the slide gate electrical box. The motor actuated and his hand was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The employee sustained a laceration to the right hand that required stitches and hospitalization.
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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Two maintenance employees were dismantling a machine part (steel cylindrical rollers) on the ground. After unbolting a portion, part of the assembly fell approximately 6 inches onto one employee's left little finger. The employee was hospitalized and about 3/4" of their little finger above the top joint was surgically amputated.
An employee was moving and handling cardboard boxes when he sustained a laceration to his left ring finger from a box. The laceration became infected and required hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee was operating a double folding machine and positioning a piece of metal trim in the folding clamps for a test bend. The machine activated and the crank (lower control arm that bends the trim) came up and cut through the employee s glove, amputating their right middle fingertip.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
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