Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Glister Mary Lee Corporation, 305 W Washington, MOMENCE, ILLINOIS 60954
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a check weigher. The machine was turned off and the employee replaced the drive belt. When the machine started back up the employee's right index finger was caught on the moving belt and partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee was running a microwave bagging machine. A belt jammed; while the employee was fixing the jam, the employee's right index finger was amputated up to the first knuckle. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was attempting to clear a jam in a dump tote when a solenoid energized and lowered a metal framework onto the employee resulting in severe crushing injuries. The equipment was not locked/tagged out at the time.
The injured employee was moving a load of product with a pallet jack on the front loading dock of the building. Another employee was operating a sit down forklift and struck the pallet jack pinning the injured employee's left leg between the pallet jack and the forklift resulting in an ankle injury.
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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An employee was reaching for a piece of angle iron when it fell onto his hand, which was on a table to support him as he reached for the overhead rack. He suffered a broken finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working to open the liftgate on the back of a delivery truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the gate and its frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
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