Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kamtek, Inc., 1595 Sterilite Dr, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35215
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was feeding a sheet of metal into a shear machine when his finger came in contact with a spring in the machine, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.
An employee was adjusting a metal coil on a press when his left hand became caught between the arm of the coil holder and the coil. Their thumb was cut and partially amputated.
An employee was removing a scrap bun from a scrap conveyor when a part of the scrap struck their left middle fingertip against another part, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was walking in a forklift area. The employee tripped, fell into a rack of stored aluminum stampings, and suffered a laceration to his wrist from one of the stampings. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was changing out auto parts on stamping racks when a part fell out of the rack. The employee got off the lift she was operating and tried to place the part back on the rack when the part cut her index and middle fingers.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was verifying light curtain function at a load cell tester when their right index finger was amputated by a hydraulic cylinder above the middle knuckle.
An employee was positioning an overhead crane to stand up a skidded coil when the coil swung back. The employee was caught between the swinging coil and another coil sitting on a coil pad, resulting in hospitalization due to a loss of consciousness and a pelvic injury.
An employee was performing general cleanup duties when they collapsed and passed out due to heat exhaustion. They were hospitalized for heat exhaustion, dehydration, and acute renal failure.
A temporary employee was helping a forklift operator by holding metal sheets to steady them as they were placed on a rail for feeding to a stamp machine. The operator lowered the forks with the blanks (weighting approximately 750 pounds). The temporary employee's right index finger was caught between the metal and the feeding rail. The finger was crushed and partially amputated through the bone.
An employee was using a mechanical trim press to trim flash off metal parts. The employee was loading a part to be trimmed when the press cycled and crushed the index fingers on both of their hands. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.