Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cabot-Norit Americas, Inc., 1432 6th Street MAIP, PRYOR, OKLAHOMA 74361
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was investigating a noise from the belt area of a mill. The employee's finger touched the top of the drive belt and his right hand was pulled into the pulley. His middle finger was caught in the drive mill assembly and partially amputated.
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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