Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ritz Instrument Transformers, 25 Hamburg Ave., LAVONIA, GEORGIA 30553
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on lab test area doors that move up and down to allow units on a conveyor belt to enter. A unit was on the conveyor and got stuck under the door when the door closed on top of it. The employee used a pipe to pry the unit loose and push it out from under the door. When the unit moved, the door shut and slammed the pipe down onto the employee's right index finger, resulting in an amputation through the middle phalanx.
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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