Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Loomis Armored US, LLC, 5920 West Bender Ct, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53218
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
While operating a coin sorter an employee noticed the conveyor belt was not operating properly. While adjusting the tensioner, his left index finger was caught between the belt and gear and was amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Office, banking, and retail machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was exiting an armored truck. His right little finger became caught in the vehicle door as it closed. The employee sustained a right little finger amputation that was reattached.
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.
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An employee was making his way to the office to clock in for his shift. He was descending the stairs of the bleachers and some of the bleachers had been pushed in, creating a 6-foot drop. It was dark and the employee fell 6 feet from the bleachers to the concrete floor. He sustained a concussion and a head laceration.
An employee was using a hydraulic lift to get a steel box full of coins into a truck. The employee noticed the box was going to get caught on the bumper. He went to move the box and the hydraulic lift caught his thumb, resulting in partial amputation.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.