MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA—
Michelin North America, Inc
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Michelin North America, Inc, 3792 Mance Newton Road, MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA 36350 on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was winding envelopes into a take-up bobbin. The machine caught the employee's right hand and forearm, tearing muscles and tendons and breaking bones from the hand up to the forearm. He was hospitalized, and his hand was medically amputated up to the forearm.
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ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA—
Michelin North America, Inc.
An employee was removing rubber that was jammed on an applicator of a tire assembly machine. As the jam was removed, the machine cycled and the employee's right hand became caught against the heated anvil on the machine, resulting in a full-thickness burn to their palm and wrist that required hospitalization and surgery.
MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA—
Michelin North America, Inc.
An employee was inspecting a rubber dust collector when his hand contacted a powered rotor, resulting in partial amputations to three right-hand fingers.
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA—
Michelin North America, Inc.
An employee was operating a tugger truck. While backing up and turning, the employee's ankle/shin became pinned between a guardrail and the vehicle. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.
EMPORIA, KANSAS—
Michelin North America, Inc.
An employee was putting crushed 55 gallon drums in a dumpster into a recycle trailer using a forklift. The dumpster was raised about 5.5 feet off the ground on the forks of the forklift. As the dumpster rolled forward, their left index finger was pinched between the dumpster frame and the forklift fork and the fingertip was amputated.
ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA—
Michelin North America, Inc.
An employee was walking between the tines of a stationary forklift when a nearby forklift struck the stationary vehicle, causing the tines to strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a leg injury.
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