Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Energizer Holdings, Inc., 2800 Concorde Dr., VANDALIA, OHIO 45377
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance technician was checking a newly installed label machine when the machine turned on and the collar and cylinder pinched and amputated his right ring fingertip.
An employee was at their workstation when they got tangled in cords that were hanging off the back of the workstation, tripped, and fell to the ground. They sustained fractures to their right humerus and right knee.
An employee was walking past an electric pallet jack. The employee stepped onto the jack's outrigger, then slipped off it and suffered a closed fracture to the right ankle.
An employee was driving to a charging station in a stand-up forklift. The forklift slid in oil, and the employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and the charging station. His heel was broken and lacerated.
An employee was adjusting a nail machine when their hand was caught in a belt and pinched in the pulley. The employee sustained the amputation of the right index fingertip.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
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