Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Diversified Product Development, 1001 Webster Ave, WACO, TEXAS 76706
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to fit up a pin with a channel on a component that was being assembled. Another employee slid the component back and caught the employee's finger between the hole and component, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Parts and materials, unspecified
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An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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