Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at McLane Southern, Inc., 2014 East Manufacturers Blvd., BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI 39601
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning out trash from a conveyor line. The conveyor's chain caught the employee's left hand and amputated the middle and ring fingers.
A yard spotter was training a teammate. The trainer stood on the platform of the yard truck and as the teammate was backing into a trailer, he jumped the fifth wheel and the trainer was pinned between the cab of the yard truck and the trailer. The employee sustained broken bones.
An employee was looking at a repair to a roller line. The employee's left hand was on a nearby conveyor belt when a box on the conveyor reached a photo eye. The belt started, and the employee's left hand was caught and crushed between it and a roller.
The injured employee was operating an electric pallet jack to shuttle empty totes and was driving around a pallet of freight. At the same time, a forklift operator was driving around the pallet of freight while carrying an empty pallet. The empty pallet contacted the injured employee s lower leg area, causing the employee to be thrown from the pallet jack and strike their head on the floor. The injured employee broke a leg.
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.
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An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.
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