Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Affiliated Foods Inc., 1401 West Farmers Ave, AMARILLO, TEXAS 79118
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
While attempting to free a potato that was stuck in a conveyor, an employee's fingertips were nipped by moving parts of the conveyor. The middle fingertip on the employee's left hand was amputated.
An employee was exiting an exterior door in an aisle when his jacket was caught on the door knob. The door closed on their left index fingertip, amputating it.
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck. His foot was caught between the truck and a steel rack, and his ankle was broken. He was hospitalized.
An employee was traveling down an aisle while operating a stand-up forklift when his lower left leg was caught between the forklift and racking. He sustained a laceration.
An employee was attempting to dismount his pallet jack when he was caught between a pole guard that guarded an entryway and the pallet jack, breaking his right lower leg.
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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