Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Dairy, Inc., 508 Roane Street, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25302
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance employee was leaning on the stacking machine holding a flashlight for another maintenance employee when the machine activated. The employee's elbow was caught by the stacking machine resulting in contusions to the elbow.
An employee was running a blow molding machine and blowing gallon jugs when his right hand was pinched in the machine. He sustained amputation of the ring fingertip and fractures to the middle and little fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.
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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