Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Innovative Metals Company, Inc., 637 W Whipp Rd, CENTERVILLE, OHIO 45459
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to fix something in a roll forming machine that produced roof panels. The jogging button on the machine was triggered and a metal roll moved forward, catching his left index finger between two rolls. The employee suffered an amputation of the finger pad.
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 jogging a steel coil into a roll former to prepare the machine for a run. The coil started to slip, so he used his left hand to pull on it. His glove was pulled into the roll tooling, which crushed his left middle, ring, and little fingers. The employee sustained amputations to his left ring and little fingers.
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