Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Camfil USA, Inc., 500 S. Main Street, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS 60014
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
A changeover was being performed on a pleater, and an employee was helping feed media into the machine's rollers. A roller pinched the employee's fingers resulting in amputation of a finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.
An employee was using a line up bar, which is a metal bar with tapered ends. The tapered ends are inserted in the holes of a frame in order to align the frame. While inserting the bar in the holes, one of the ends broke off and struck the employee in the left eye.
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An employee was changing over the assembly station. After she changed out the pop-up plate, she restarted the machine. The machine failed to cycle properly and a piece became stuck. The employee's hand then became caught in the cycling device. She sustained several right-hand fractures and a severe laceration by her right thumb.
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An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee tripped on plastic wrap used to secure boxes to a pallet and fell. The employee struck his knee and head on the concrete pavement, sustaining a broken left femur and a concussion.
An employee was loading a flatbed truck. He lost his balance while climbing off the trailer and fell, landing on the concrete floor and suffering a broken right leg. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was rolling a piece of sheet metal on a roller when their gloves got caught in the roller, pulling the employee's right hand into the machine. Skin was removed from two fingers, and the middle finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was retrieving die cuts from between two pallets when their foot became caught on one of the pallets, causing the employee to lose their balance and fall to a concrete floor. The employee suffered a fractured right hip.
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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