Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc., 107 Highland Street, MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 16662
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had been using a trimming machine with a 1-inch-diameter radial blade to trim off excess leather shoe material. While he was moving a case of finished trimmed work, the blade nipped his left middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTextile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
An employee was trimming excess leather from a boot on the inseam trimming machine when the workpiece slipped and his right index finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was helping a forklift driver move a sole press machine when the machine tipped over and fell onto the employee. The employee was pinned between the machine and the floor, suffering broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a cut to the left ear.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
The injured employee was training another employee on a sole stamping machine that cuts shoe sole inserts. During the training, the injured employee (trainer) was adjusting the material and die when the machine cycled and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was preparing to move a 55-gallon drum using a drum hand truck. While using the dolly to lift the drum, the employee lost balance and walked backward into another drum, which struck his lower back. He suffered broken vertebrae.
An employee was trimming excess leather from a boot on the inseam trimming machine when the workpiece slipped and his right index finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.