Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Zagis USA, 2109 Louisiana Cotton Drive, IOWA, LOUISIANA 70647
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the scalp.
Final narrative
An employee had been spinning yarn on a frame when her hair got caught in the yarn take-up shaft. The hair was completely pulled out and the scalp was peeled back.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
A team was setting a vertical turbine pump for a chill water sump. To align the bolt holes, a forklift was used to bump the pump a small amount. The injured employee was checking if the holes were aligned when the pump was bumped again. Their right index finger was caught inside a bolt hole resulting in a fingertip amputation.
On February 3, 2023, an employee was placing and adjusting dock plates when his finger was caught on a case of yarn. This prevented the dock plate from extending properly into the trailer, and it pinched and fractured three of the employee's fingers. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was blowing out a section of machinery for cleaning and inspection. The employee lost balance and attempted to catch himself, causing his hand to go into the fan belt and pulley resulting in an amputation to the left middle finger.
An employee was repairing a broken yard end. While he was untying yarn ends to remove a yarn wrap from a 4-inch feed roller, the roller cycled, pinching the tip of his right thumb between a 2-inch tension roller and the 4-inch feed roller. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.