Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Briggs & Stratton Corporation, 7251 Zell Miller Parkway, STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30458
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
Final narrative
A trim die was being transported by a forklift. When the die was placed on the ground, the top part of it popped off and crushed an employee's hand against a set of metal stairs. The employee suffered a laceration to the right hand between the thumb and the index finger.
An employee was working on a belt-driven coolant pump when his left hand was caught in the belt, resulting in lacerations and fractures. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was changing a water hose on a die machine. The employee had extended the ram of the machine fully to gain access to the water line. As the employee was checking the water hose, the hydraulics on the ram released, causing the ram to retract to its holding position. The ram caught the employee's hands, pinned them, and broke bones in both hands.
An employee was on a fiberglass step ladder, about 3 feet off the ground, capping off a dead air line. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung, and head trauma.
An employee was asked to help perform maintenance on a die cast machine. The employee entered the work area, got into a kneeling position, and began using an open-end wrench to remove a hydraulic hose so a fitting could be repaired. When the hose came free from the fixture, residual hydraulic pressure released and hydraulic fluid struck the employee in the chest. The employee fell backward and struck his head on surrounding machinery. The employee was hospitalized with a subdural hematoma, fractures to the forehead, orbital area, and ribs, and required stitches for a forehead laceration.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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