Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pitts Enterprises, Inc., 5734 Pittsview Hwy, PITTSVIEW, ALABAMA 36871
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a press machine. The press came down to bend a part the employee was holding, and the part crushed and fractured his right middle and ring fingers.
The injured employee was talking to another employee as corrugated sheets were being fed into a press brake on the back side. The injured employee placed his left hand under the die and the press was activated resulting in amputation of the left hand.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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