Edgewell Personal Care, LLC

A mechanic was assisting another employee to remove an accumulation of material from a machine. The mechanic shut down the machine and went to clear the material when his fingers were caught in the roller, resulting in amputations to his index, middle and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was transferring a steel mold plate from one work bench to another using an overhead hoist when the mold plate already on the work table began to fall/tip over. As he tried to catch the plate, it crushed his right hand.

A temporary employee was using a metal drum lift to lift a 55-gallon plastic drum to raise and tip the drum over and pour the suntan product mix into a container to be weighed. He placed his hand on the lift's clamp while the drum was in a vertical position. The drum slipped and his right index finger was caught between the top lip of the drum and the clamp resulting in the amputation of his right index fingertip.

A temporary employee was resting on top of the depucker machine guard housing while bottles passed by on the conveyor belt. She braced her left hand underneath the machine's conveyor belt guard to push herself back up to a standing position when her left hand made contact with the moving conveyor belt resulting in the amputation of the first joint of her left index and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.

On 01/19/2017, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was walking into the work site when she tripped and fell over the curb and into the doorframe. She caught the edge of the hinged door and then fell to the concrete floor, hitting her forehead and scalp, breaking her nose, and contusing her neck.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially 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.

An employee was turning over a die block. He lost his footing and a steel bar came down and broke his hip.

An employee was operating a forging machine to make a tool when a piece of metal broke off the machine and flew into his right thigh.

An employee was dumping waste products in the dumpster. As the employee released the hatch to the dumpster, it snapped back and caught their left ring finger, resulting in amputation.

An employee fell about 6 3/4 inches while descending a step. He suffered a broken tibia and was hospitalized.

An employee was attempting to pull a motor out of a sump tank when both eye bolts on the hoisting rig snapped, dropping the motor on top of the employee's right hand. The employee received multiple lacerations and broken bones on the right hand, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.

An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.