Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JOHN DEERE, 700 HORIZON SOUTH PARKWAY, GROVETOWN, GEORGIA 30813
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
A mechanic (injured employee) was repairing a tractor on an assembly line and was positioned to the rear left side of the tractor. An assembly technician was performing a rockshaft check while positioned to the right front side of the same tractor. When the assembly technician actuated the rockshaft located at the rear of the tractor the mechanic's head was caught between the rockshaft and the Rollover Protection System (ROPS) bar of the tractor. The injured employee suffered a complex laceration of the right ear and a temporal bone fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee tripped over the sweeper at the front of a stationary autonomous guided vehicle. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken right elbow.
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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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