Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Newpark Mats & Integrated Services, 2900 Louisiana 93, CARENCRO, LOUISIANA 70520
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to fix a granulator. His right thumb was caught between the rotating fly blade and the bed blade. The thumb was amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Newpark Mats & Integrated Services
An employee was operating a perimeter router. He reached to move the router out of the way so he could advance a panel when he suffered the amputation of the distal phalanx on his left index finger.
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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An employee was operating a perimeter router. He reached to move the router out of the way so he could advance a panel when he suffered the amputation of the distal phalanx on his left index finger.
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