Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Central Expanded Metal, LLC, 1213 N. Industrial Rd., CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA 74834
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
A temporary employee was transferring an expanded metal sheet from an expanded metal press to a leveler machine. As the employee was feeding the expanded metal sheet into the leveler machine, fingers on his left hand became caught in the openings on the expended metal sheet, and his hand was pulled into the leveler rollers. The employee sustained lacerations to his left index, middle, and ring fingers, and the ring finger was amputated.
An employee was feeding expanded metal into a leveler. The machine pulled in his right hand, amputating the index, middle, and ring fingers from tip to knuckle.
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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