Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ski Windham Operating Corp., 36 South Street, WINDHAM, NEW YORK 12496
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing debris from a mower. When the debris cleared, the mower engaged and amputated part of the employee's left thumb.
A ski Instructor was teaching a lesson to two students. The instructor skied downhill first, demonstrating the exercise. He then turned to watch the students and slid on an ice patch, caught an edge, and fell onto his right side/hip. The employee sustained a fracture to their right hip/upper leg.
An employee was switching out a mower attachment. The attachment's flat bar struck the employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was traveling down the right side of a ski run. At the bottom, there is a drop called the water bar. The employee hit the water bar, crashed, and tumbled to the bottom of the run, suffering a back injury.
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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