Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tetra Pak Materials LLC, 3300 Airport Road, DENTON, TEXAS 76207
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
At about 12:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee was trying to dislodge paper stuck inside a rotating valve on a bagger. The blade in the valve was activated, rotated, and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.
Employees were conducting an annual separator service for a customer. An engineer was replacing a sliding bowl into a separator when his left thumb was pinched between the sliding bowl and the bowl body as a crane lifted it. His thumb tip was amputated above the bone.
An employee was attempting to check a discharge pipe on a rotary seal machine when the employee's glove was caught by the rotary seal blade. The blade then amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.
An employee was preparing packaging reels for slitting when reels that had been recently cut rolled off a table and struck the employee, fracturing the hip.
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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