Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Elkhart Products Corporation, 3265 S School Ave, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72701
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was doing maintenance work on a press machine. The machine was homed so that the employee could clear a piece of copper from the machine's die; the die closed and amputated the employee's left ring finger, as well as damaging his middle and index fingers and his thumb.
An employee was operating a hydraulic press, loading pre-cut tubes of copper into a feeder when the die closed on their right hand. The employee's right second, third, and forth fingers were amputated at the second knuckle.
An employee was manufacturing copper pipe fittings using a hydraulic press when a fitting fell into the machine. The employee was attempting to retrieve the fitting when the die came down on the employee's left index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.
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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