Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Perrigo Co. PLC, 1700 BATHGATE AVE, 2ND FLOOR, BRONX, NEW YORK 10458
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a bottle conveyor screw when his wrench slipped and fell into the clutch box assembly underneath the conveyer belt. He removed the face plate of the clutch box assembly and retrieved the wrench. Upon restarting the line, he received a clutch jam notification that stopped the machine. He went back to the clutch box assembly and attempted to determine what was causing the clutch jam. He asked a partner to intermittently operate the human machine interface that starts and stops the machine as he observed and adjusted the clutch mechanism and sensor. As he was troubleshooting back and forth between the clutch mechanism and the sensor, his finger became caught in the clutch gear and belt, resulting in a medical amputation to the left index finger s first digit.
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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