Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Core-Mark International, Inc., 100 West End Road, HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 18706
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was picking up a fallen tote when their finger was caught in a conveyor belt and amputated.
An employee was walking to their truck after working as a dispatcher. The employee fell in the parking lot and sustained an injury to the neck that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was walking between tables when she tripped on a chair and fell to the floor of the breakroom. The employee sustained a lower leg fracture.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a trailer when the trailer pulled away from the dock. The forklift rolled backward and fell out of the trailer. The employee sustained head trauma and a back injury.
On December 21, 2022 at 12:07 PM, an employee was getting out of a truck at the end of his shift when he fell in the rear truck lot and sustained a hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using a double pallet jack to select product and palletize goods. She had selected a batch and was proceeding to drop off two pallets at the staging area. While reversing to line up the pallets she was pinned between the pallet jack and storage racking. Additionally, freight was knocked loose and fell from the rack. The employee had difficulty breathing and sustained swelling to both arms, a bruise on the left arm, and tension in the neck.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a double pallet jack. While he was pushing a pallet back, the pallet jack moved and the handle crushed his finger against racking.
An employee was offloading tools from a van and walking them over to the curb. He lost his footing and fell while carrying a jackhammer. The jackhammer fell and caught the employee's right little finger against the curb. The employee's finger was amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.