Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SeaGate Terminals, LLC, 1600 East President Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31404
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on March 9, 2022, a maintenance employee was working on the pulley of a conveyor belt system for fertilizer bags. The employee was trying to wipe grease off the belt when the pulley grabbed the employee's rag and pulled in the employee's fingers. The employee suffered amputations to the left index fingertip and the tips of all four fingers on the right hand.
An employee fell while exiting a piece of cargo handling equipment, landing on the ground about 15 feet below. The employee suffered a broken knee, femur, tailbone, and pelvis.
An employee was hosing down and cleaning a concrete curb machine when the hose got caught and his hand was pulled into the auger of the machine, resulting in fractures and amputations of the right ring and little fingers.
An employee was using a machine to fill bags with birdseed. The employee was clearing a stuck bag under the machine when the bag cutter amputated the employee's fingertip.
A temporary employee was helping an operator remove jammed laminations from a press machine when their right ring finger got pinched between the laminations and the brake of the chute, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee had just serviced a radiator on a concrete machine. During the final check on the machine, the employee was adjusting a hose when a fan caught his right index finger. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle.
Two employees were using a water hose to unclog a heart and liver separator machine. The machine was turned on while one employee's hand was inside it, and an auger under it amputated the tip of his right index finger. He was hospitalized.
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