Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SFS Group USA, Inc. , 41 Dennis Drive, READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19606
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was using a rag to clean a machine when the rag became caught, pulling his hand into the machine's chain and sprocket. As a result, he suffered an amputation of his middle finger, a partial amputation of his ring finger, and lacerations to two fingers. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
An employee was moving a scrap hopper with wheels to empty it outside. The hopper slid off the dock, pulling the employee off the dock. They fell and landed on the pavement, sustaining head and spine injuries. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
A temporary employee's right hand was caught between two rollers while attempting to unjam a metal part on the roll sorter machine resulting in overnight 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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332722)
An employee was drawing wire when a chain caught three fingers on his right hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger, the fingerprint pad of the middle finger, and the tip of the index fingerprint pad.
An employee was buffing production parts and the rotating wheel contacted their left hand, resulting in hospitalization due to a laceration to the hand and a fracture to the hand and wrist.
An employee was repositioning a washer on an assembly machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated.
An employee was helping to remove a die from a press. The forks shifted on the forklift they were using and the die pinched their arm against the safety bar, resulting in crush injuries to the right hand, a fractured right radius, and a laceration requiring stitches.
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.