Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sandler Nonwoven Corp., 401 Airport Road, PERRY, GEORGIA 31069
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing the bolts of a calender roller. When the last bolt was removed, the roller fell and pinched the employee's finger against the bearing housing. The employee suffered an amputation to a finger.
An employee was feeding material through the water jet section of a roller machine during the retract process. The employee stepped backward away from the machine and his right hand slid into a gap resulting in amputations to one or more fingers.
An employee was checking a non-woven fabric machine when he dropped a pad between two rollers. As he attempted to retrieve the pad, his left hand was crushed and fractured between the moving rollers. The machine was unguarded at the time.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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