Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 13701 SW Anthony F. Sansone Sr. Boulevard, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA 34987
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee had just completed a lock out/tag out of a machine and was activating the equipment to check and track the conveyor belt. The employee's hand was struck by the belt and his right index, middle, and ring fingers were caught in the unguarded belt and pulley. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, and he sustained fractures, contusions, and lacerations to his right middle and ring fingers.
An employee was placing a heavy piece of metal onto a cart when the cart tipped over and the metal piece slipped, lacerating the employee's right middle finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was performing maintenance on an extendable conveyor and lost his footing while standing under the running conveyor. His left arm was caught between the drive roller and snubber rollers in the conveyor and amputated.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
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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