Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hiland Dairy Foods, LLC Chandler Plant, 1100 Thunderbird Road, CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA 74834
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting/unjamming a milk bottle machine. The machine cycled and the mold clamped down on the employee's right hand. The hand was fractured and multiple fingers were amputated.
An employee was putting a belt on a pulley on the label machine when his left hand got caught between the rotating pulley and belt, resulting in amputations of the ring finger to the first knuckle as well as the tip of the middle finger. The pulley was guarded and in operation at the time of the incident.
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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