Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Delaware Valley Floral Group, Inc., 520 Mantua Boulevard, SEWELL, NEW JERSEY 08080
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was repairing a misaligned cable on the left side of a warehouse door. He was using a wrench, held in his left hand, to loosen two screws at the left side of the spring tension rod area. When the screws were loosened, the right side of the metal spring wheel (where his right hand was resting) began spinning. His right-hand fingers were turned part of the way around the wheel, causing a dislocation of the middle finger and a partial amputation of the ring finger.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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