Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rollex Corporation, 800 Chase Ave., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007
on — Fractures, affecting the upper extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
On January 13, 2022, at approximately 5:45 p.m., an employee and two coworkers were running the paint line. The injured employee was wiping down spinning rollers at the end of the line when his right arm was caught in the ingoing nip point on the roller up past his elbow. The employee lost a thin layer of the skin on his right arm up to his shoulder that requires skin grafts and multiple fractures.
An employee was helping to tighten down a metal packaging band for shipping. The metal band broke and struck the employee across their face, cutting their left face/eye area. The employee was hospitalized.
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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