Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Honeywell Intelligrated, 3150 Highway 42, LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA 30248
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a conveyor belt system when his glove was caught in the machine pulling his left arm into the moving belt and resulting in a fractured arm and lacerations. He was hospitalized.
An employee was forming a three-bend part on a brake press. The employee was guiding the part when it folded upward and pinched their fingers against the face of the die. The employee suffered fractures and lacerations to the right index, middle, ring, and little fingers.
A temporary employee was adjusting a conveyor belt. An adjacent motor degloved the employee's left hand, leading to the amputation of the little fingertip.
An employee was assembling a belt conveyor on a roller conveyor when the belt conveyor tipped over and struck the employee in the head, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury and knee fracture.
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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