Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DuPont, 5532 Hunt Street, PRYOR, OKLAHOMA 74361
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to unjam a pusher bar that was caught on a metal guard. When the pusher bar was freed it slid onto the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was cutting open 50 lbs. bags of solids and emptying them into a screener with the use of a lift table and vacuum lift. The employee was hospitalized that evening for surgery to correct a hernia.
An employee and coworkers performed lockout/tagout procedures on a dryer rotary feed to clear a clogged plug. The employees cleared the plug and began to run the dryer, but the plug had not been placed back into the dryer. The injured employee was pointing to the rotary feed to remind the lead person to put the plug back in when the rotary feed amputated his right index finger from the fingertip to the bottom of the nailbed.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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