Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Worzalla, Inc., 3535 Jefferson St., STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN 54481
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a hickey from the back of a web press. The employee's rag was pulled into the press, which in turn pulled in his left fingers between the plate and water form cylinder. The employee suffered amputation of the left thumb and degloving of the left hand.
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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