Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Voith US Inc., 1831 Veterans Memorial Highway, AUSTELL, GEORGIA 30168
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a band saw to cut a block of wood when the wood became jammed. As he attempted to unjam the wood, the saw blade amputated a quarter inch of his left thumb tip (no bone loss).
An employee was loading a roll onto a lathe. The employee's right hand was caught between a piece of equipment and the chuck jaw of the lathe. The employee suffered an amputation to the little finger.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333291)
An employee was removing product from a mold and sustained a thumb tip amputation when their thumb was caught between the core and shaft of the product mold.
An employee was loading a roll onto a lathe. The employee's right hand was caught between a piece of equipment and the chuck jaw of the lathe. The employee suffered an amputation to the little finger.
On May 29, 2019, at 6:09 p.m., an employee was operating a manual metal lathe when his gloved, right hand was caught by the rotating equipment causing partial amputations to four fingers.
An employee was changing out the tensioner wheel on a roll grinding machine when the pneumatic positioner activated. His left thumb and index finger then became wedged between the positioner guide and the sanding belt housing. His index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.