Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at J-M MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., 2894 MARION MONK ROAD, BATCHELOR, LOUISIANA 70715
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
The injured employee was assisting with removal of a rotary valve from the flanges of a silo. It was then placed on the floor of the silo for inspection. While Employee 2 was inspecting the rotary valve to ensure it was in good working condition, he noticed there was plastic material inside the rotary valve near the impeller (vane). The injured employee removed the pieces of plastic as Employee 2 turned the outside wheel with his foot. After all the plastic material was removed, Employee 2 moved the outside wheel a final time to ensure free movement of the part. At this time, the impeller (vane) came in contact with the injured employee's middle finger. The injured employee abruptly jerked his hand away resulting in a laceration to his fingertip and fingernail.
An employee was guiding pipe through a pipe saw machine when the pipe became jammed. The employee leaned in to see where the pipe was hung up when the carriage moved and they were pinned between the carriage and the frame of the machine. The employee sustained crushing injuries to his left shoulder/chest. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was running PVC production lines when a machine malfunctioned. As he tried to free a pipe that was jammed in a belling station, the machine started to process and its hydraulic cylinder came down on his right little finger. The finger was amputated.
Two maintenance employees were trying to clear a clogged pipe using a small piece of metal. One of the employees was holding down the manual button on a solenoid so the gate would stay open. The employee holding the button let go of the button and the gate closed on the other employee's finger. He suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.
An employee was reaching over to straighten an 1800-pound super bag filled with regrind material when the bag gave in. The super bag fell striking the employee in the shoulder and knocking the employee down. The regrind material then covered the employee. The employee suffered a broken left hip.
An employee was using a reciprocating saw and holding the handle/trigger with his right hand. When the reciprocating saw started, it pulled his glove and left fifth finger into the quick lock blade clamp, lacerating and fracturing it. His finger was partially amputated.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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