Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dayton Parts, LLC, 1300 North Cameron Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17103
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was making adjustments on a machine and suffered a partial amputation of the left ring finger.
An employee was operating a rivet press, with a specialized tool in place to hold a rivet in the hole of a leaf spring. The employee's left index finger was caught between the tool and the leaf spring, and the fingertip was amputated.
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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An employee was grinding the ends of a metal spring. His hand slipped, and his right index finger contacted the grinding wheel and was lacerated. Part of his fingertip was amputated.
An employee was adjusting a machine in the facility when the flat stock material running through the machine cut his left index fingertip. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was placing a bushing into an opening (an eye) at the end of a piece of metal. The employee was holding the bushing with their right hand and engaging the hydraulic press when their glove was pinched between the bottom of the bushing and the metal. The glove was drawn into the eye, and the employee's right index fingertip was pinched and amputated at the first knuckle.
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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.