Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amentum, B 7 Dock, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII 96860
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was doing maintenance on ventilation fans. A fan belt pulled his left hand toward a pulley, where the tip of his middle finger was amputated.
An employee was unloading unprocessed mail equipment from a 52-foot trailer using a forklift. The employee was found with his head pinned between the forklift's left front cage bar and the interior wall of the trailer. He lost consciousness and sustained injuries that included a dislocated clavicle, fractured ribs, scratches to the face and an earring that became imbedded in his neck.
An employee was on a ladder while using a pipe wrench to tighten a pipe joint when the wrench slipped and he fell from the ladder to the ground, resulting in a broken collar bone that required hospitalization.
An employee was operating an aircraft spotting dolly that had been offloaded from a flatbed tractor trailer. As the employee went to drive the unit forward, the spotting dolly bucked, causing the rear of the unit to swing sharply to the left and strike the edge of the trailer. The employee sustained right ankle, right tibia, and left hip fractures.
An employee was lifting and moving floor drain grates. The employee's right middle finger was caught between two of the grates and the fingertip was amputated.
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 hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.
An employee was preparing to bend a flat bar in a brake press. When the machine was jogged, the stock rotated up and crushed his left middle fingertip against the outer frame of the die. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was cutting metal with a torch. A piece of metal struck the employee's left foot, causing multiple fractures to metatarsal(s). The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was descending a ladder carrying a bag of trash. He fell, landed on the ground about 10 feet below, and suffered fractures to his right hip and pelvis.
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was installing shoring and stepped on a 2x4 that was running across the top of a trench. He fell through and was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.
An employee was securing a ramp to a dock to unload cargo. He was using large pins to put the ramp in place when two of his fingers got caught in the ramp, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to dismantle a mobile crawler crane. Employees were separating boom sections. When the last pin was hammered out, the 40-foot boom section dropped 4-5 inches onto the injured employee's left foot. All five toes were amputated and the employee was hospitalized for surgery.