Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Department of Defense/OC-ALC, 7447 S.E. 74th Street, Building 9001, TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA 73145
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While operating a manual end-milling machine, an employee's right hand was caught in the point of operation causing his right middle, ring, and little fingers to be amputated. Also, a tendon was severed in their right forearm. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee stepped out onto a maintenance stand platform from the crew entry door area of an aircraft. The employee was standing with his right foot on the first step of the maintenance stand. As he turned to go back into the aircraft, he tripped and fell halfway down the stairs of the stand, exiting through the side railing of the stairway and falling approximately 8 feet to the ground, striking equipment as he fell. The employee suffered six broken ribs, a broken collarbone, a dislocated elbow, and a collapsed lung.
An employee was using a 3 1/2-pound dead blow hammer to re-crimp the swage of a cable for a metal identification tag. The hammer struck the employee's left index fingertip, causing a crush injury. The employee underwent a partial medical amputation.
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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