Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BMC East, LLC, 850 WHITE CIRCLE COURT, MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30060
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a miter saw to cut pine wood blocking stock. The wood stock was pulled into the sawblade, which amputated four fingers on the employee's left hand, also lacerating the thumb.
On November 01, 2017, at approximately 3:45 p.m., an employee was helping to unload materials at a receiving dock. The employee was next to a pallet of columns measuring approximately 10 feet long and approximately 6 feet high. A forklift operator was on the opposite side of the columns and manipulating them when the pallet and columns tipped over, causing the employee to fall between the trailer and a guard system. He hit the concrete approximately 4 feet below, fracturing his neck and back.
An employee was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of doors when he bumped into a stack of mirrors on a pallet. As he attempted to stop the mirrors from falling, his right arm was lacerated by the sharp edges of a mirror.
An employee was using a vertical stacker to raise trusses. When the employee pushed the stacker bar over, it started to fall. As the employee tried to catch it, the stacker pinched and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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The injured employee was working alongside a trainer. The trainer was adjusting the side fences that hold the wood in place as it passes through the molder. The injured employee was using compressed air to clean the area. They went to remove a sliver of wood to prevent a potential jam. The rollers activated, which processed material through the machine, caught the employee s glove, and pulled their hand toward the cutting head of the molder. The employee sustained lacerations to their right middle and ring fingers and an amputation to the distal phalanx of the middle finger.
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