WINFIELD, ALABAMA—
King Kutter, Inc.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at King Kutter, Inc., 305 Commerce Drive, WINFIELD, ALABAMA 35594 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting parts with a bandsaw. The sawblade caught the employee's right glove and lacerated the employee's little finger. An inch of the finger was medically amputated.
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An employee was welding lift arms when their shirt caught fire due to welding sparks or heat, resulting in thermal burns to their upper chest.
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King Kutter, Inc.
An employee was bending link support brackets and placed materials into the press brake. The machine actuated and his left hand was caught between the raw material and the top die. The employee was hospitalized with two crushed fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.
WINFIELD, ALABAMA—
King Kutter, Inc.
An employee had just loaded a tractor onto a truck. The employee unhooked the tractor and began adjusting the placement of the middle buster. The middle buster fell onto the employee's left ring finger, crushing and fracturing it.
WINFIELD, ALABAMA—
King Kutter, Inc.
An employee was bending a flat bar on a brake press when the brake came down and crushed their right index finger. The employee's fingertip was surgically amputated.
WINFIELD, ALABAMA—
King Kutter, Inc.
An employee was holding a machine part while forming it with a hydraulic brake press. The brake press caught the employee's right-hand fingers and partially amputated the index finger, as well as breaking the middle finger.
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