Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pepsi Bottling Group, 11701 Roosevelt Blvd, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19154
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam on a pre-form wheel. The employee's left hand became stuck between the wheel and a metal piece used to feed material, causing the amputation of the index finger.
An employee was pulling a truck from a loading dock but could not get enough traction under the tires due to ice. After pulling the truck forward approximately 2 feet, the employee exited the vehicle to retrieve ice melt located in the rear of the trailer. The employee then dropped the bag of ice melt to the ground behind the trailer and was standing at ground level between the trailer and the loading dock. The airbag in the rear tag axle of the trailer engaged, lifting the rear axle up off the ground. The truck rolled backward, pinning him against the building. The employee was hospitalized with multiple pelvic fractures and a crushing injury to the abdomen and lower back, which required multiple surgeries.
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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During scheduled preventative maintenance, an employee was searching for vertical bagger shafts. Upon locating a box thought to contain new shafts, the employee removed two high-powered magnets from bubble wrap. The magnets forcefully attracted to each other and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was walking beside a pallet jack while operating it and became pinned between the pallet jack and some pallets. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
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An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
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An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.