Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at W.H. Braum Inc. , 491 County Street 2880, TUTTLE, OKLAHOMA 73089
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee helped install a new blade on the bun slicer section of a production line. Upon restarting the production line, a bun was misaligned and the employee attempted to straighten it. The slicer blade contacted the employee's right hand, resulting in amputation of the index finger and lacerations to the other fingers.
An employee was changing the fruit feeder to a funnel adaptor piece when they took the impeller plate off and the gasket came off. When retrieving the gasket, the spinning pump impeller caught his finger resulting in an amputation of the right index fingertip to the first knuckle.
An employee was retrieving bread dough from a dough rounder when their right middle finger was struck by a dough blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was pushing a dry bunker rack of restaurant supplies onto a delivery truck when a shelf came down and pinched the top of the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was pushing empty delivery product carts from the back of a trailer onto the dock when one of the carts fell onto another employee's foot. The injured employee's left foot was fractured.
An employee was walking by a dolly of milk that was rolling down a chute when the dolly fell over onto the employee. The employee potentially suffered a collapsed lung.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.
An employee was walking between two production lines when he tripped and fell over a pallet that had some equipment on it. The employee fell on his right side, resulting in a fractured hip and a possible thumb injury.
An employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a small box truck. As he was putting down a pallet to push it onto a truck, the weight caused the truck to move forward. This pulled the forklift forward and it dropped between the truck and the loading dock, causing partial amputations to their left little and ring fingers.
An employee was unloading product from a trailer onto a scissor lift. They stepped backward and fell approximately 5 feet from the scissor lift to the concrete floor, sustaining six broken ribs and a punctured lung.
An employee was removing cheese product from the top of a conveyor belt. His right ring finger got pulled under the metal product guide rail at the edge of the conveyor and was pinched between the conveyor and the guide rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip between the first knuckle and the fingernail.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.