Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at King Kutter, Inc., 305 Commerce Drive, WINFIELD, ALABAMA 35594
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was holding a machine part while forming it with a hydraulic brake press. The brake press caught the employee's right-hand fingers and partially amputated the index finger, as well as breaking the middle finger.
An employee was bending link support brackets and placed materials into the press brake. The machine actuated and his left hand was caught between the raw material and the top die. The employee was hospitalized with two crushed fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee had just loaded a tractor onto a truck. The employee unhooked the tractor and began adjusting the placement of the middle buster. The middle buster fell onto the employee's left ring finger, crushing and fracturing it.
An employee was bending a flat bar on a brake press when the brake came down and crushed their right index finger. The employee's fingertip was surgically amputated.
An employee was cutting parts with a bandsaw. The sawblade caught the employee's right glove and lacerated the employee's little finger. An inch of the finger was medically amputated.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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