Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New Wincup Holdings, Inc., 1425 W. Hawthorne Lane, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60185
on — Burns and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing airflow maintenance work on a foam cup machine. The mold caught the employee's left hand as it came down, causing a laceration and burns. The machine was unguarded at the time.
An employee was operating an extruder when their little fingers were caught in the rotating rollers of the machine. The employee sustained amputations to both of their little fingers.
An employee was cleaning a plate on a printer when their rag was pulled into the roller. The employee's left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated.
An employee was performing maintenance on a cup production line. The employee was removing a defective cup when the bottom mold and the top mold closed, burning and lacerating the employee's right hand.
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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