Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COMMAND WEB - MISSOURI, 7100 ONE COLOR WAY, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI 65101
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had just finished changing the blade on a bindery machine. He lifted the area where the blade is to inspect it, when he noticed glue on the Allen head. The employee went to scrape it off and the blade partially amputated his right middle finger, and cut his right index, ring, and little fingers. The machine was running 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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