E&H Conveyors, Inc. DBA KJ Mushroom Services, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at E&H Conveyors, Inc. DBA KJ Mushroom Services, Inc., 1205-1221 Newark Rd, TOUGHKENAMON, PENNSYLVANIA 19374
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A portable conveyor system was being used to dump compost into a receptacle. An employee was clearing a jam from a chain and sprocket assembly on the conveyor system when the chain and sprocket caused an amputation to the employee's finger. The assembly was unguarded at the time.
An employee was unloading a cleanout machine from a truck when he slipped on its rain-slick ramp. The machine he was unloading rolled down the ramp, struck his right leg, and broke it just above the ankle.
An employee was relocating a hydraulic winch "puller" from the top beds to the bottom beds in a mushroom house. As he pulled the net through the winch, his arm became entangled. He was hospitalized with fractures and lacerations to the right arm including the armpit and shoulder blade area.
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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