Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Price Industries, Inc., 1290 Barrow Industrial Pkwy, WINDER, GEORGIA 30680
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was training another employee on operating a brake press. The press was activated while an employee's right hand was at its point of operation. It crushed three fingers on their right hand, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a metal shearing machine to cut a 48-inch x 48-inch piece of sheet metal. The hold spring on the shear came down on his right index finger, resulting in amputation at the distal interphalangeal joint.
An employee was positioning metal frame parts on a projection welder workstation when their right index fingertip was pinched by a pneumatic clamp. The employee sustained partial amputation of the finger without loss of bone, and was hospitalized.
An employee was changing the tool in a CNC stamping machine when the tool fell and smashed the employee's left pinky fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333414)
An employee was operating a drill press when their hand became caught in the drill and they sustained an amputation to the distal end of their right ring finger.
An employee was operating a hydraulic brake press when the machine cycled and came down on his right hand, resulting in cuts to his index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee sustained a medical fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a drill press in the small parts department when their glove was caught in the drill press resulting in amputation of their right ring finger below the first knuckle.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.