Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at M-D Building Products, Inc., 4041 N. Santa Fe Avenue, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73118
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a drill press to drill holes in a door sweep when her gloved left hand was pulled into the drill bit. The employee's left index finger was medically amputated.
An employee was checking tractor trailer inventory in the trailer parking area when they were struck by a yard dog/spotter truck. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their C4 and C5 vertebrae that affected the spinal cord.
An employee was repairing a belt that drives a machine when their glove was caught between the belt and sprocket, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was rebuilding a puller machine and had it locked out. The employee then re-energized and started the machine. Sometime after the machine was operational, the employee dropped a wrench on the floor next to the machine and attempted to pick it up with his right hand. His left hand was then pulled into the machine's belt and pulley system. The belt and pulley system was unguarded at the time.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 326199)
An employee was operating a drill and tap machine. He was placing a part with his right hand and removing a part coming in on the left side. He saw a part that was crooked and went to straighten it. The machine clamped down on his left index finger, degloving the top part of the finger and resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was performing maintenance on a roll cutting machine in a warehouse. The employee was removing excess grease from the bearings when the machine's chain caught their right index finger. The fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket.
During fiberglass work, an employee mixed a methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) catalyst with a cobalt chemical that they thought was a dye. A chemical reaction occurred, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained second-degree burns on his back and a blister on his right arm.
An employee was walking when she tripped over a box on the ground and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a severe dislocation to the hip and leg that required surgery.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.