Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Troy Construction, LLC, Pipeline ROW, MILLERSPORT, OHIO 43046
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Employee 1 was operating a dozer's winch from inside the cabin. While attempting to unhook from a D-ring, he had to loosen the tension of the cable. Upon doing so, employee 2 walked over to the winch and grabbed the cable with her left hand. When employee 1 moved the controls to spool out the winch, employee 2's left hand was pulled into the cables. Employee 2 sustained a broken left ring finger and a partial amputation to her left little finger.
An employee was tasked with welding a pipe. As he was getting a cutting torch from a toolbox on a buggy, he became caught between the side boom of a pipelayer and the buggy. He suffered internal bleeding and damage to his small intestine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was standing on the offloading side of a bending machine. The counterweight of a side boom that was backing up came into contact with the machine's radiator. This caused the bolts to break loose from the mount, pushing it forward into the employee's waist. He fell forward into the fan area with his left elbow leading; the elbow suffered a gash/laceration.
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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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