Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Burndy LLC, 150 Burndy Rd., LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03561
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing a board from beneath a barrel when the barrel pinched their fingers resulting in a partial amputation to the little finger.
An employee was using a bin tilter to move material when his left little finger was caught between the bin and the bin tilter. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
On August 29, 2018, an employee was using a threading machine on a 1-inch by 10-inch steel pipe. The pipe holder actuated while the employee's right hand was on the pipe, crushing the employee's right index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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