Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Heritage Bag, 501 Gateway Parkway, ROANOKE, TEXAS 76262
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While retrieving a roll from a winder, an employee's glove became tangled in the web pulling his right hand into the winder. His right index finger was amputated.
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An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was shadowing coworkers while in training on the wide extrusion line. The employee went to clean the roller with a rag and cleaner when his right index finger got caught between a powered roller and a rubber roller. The employee sustained an amputation to a finger.
While operating a machine, an employee noticed that a piece of plastic material was stuck to a chrome roll. The employee was removing the plastic when their arm came into contact with the rollers. The employee suffered a contusion to the upper arm between the elbow and the shoulder.
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After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
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An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.