Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Highland Pellets, LLC., 5601 Industrial Drive North, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71601
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing a die inside the pellet mill of a press. The employee was using a torque wrench to tighten the inner bolts, applying pressure in a downward motion, when the wrench either gave way, or reached the desired amount of torque and completed its designed function to break loose. The employee's right thumb was caught between the wrench handle and a piece of adjacent equipment (the aspiration line) resulting in an amputation to the right thumb.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedWrenches-power not determined
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