Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Vistech Manufacturing Solutions, LLC, 265 South West Street, LEBANON, OHIO 45036
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using an air wand to blow dust out for cleaning when their hand was placed on the rotating drum causing an amputation.
An employee was operating a rag tearing line. The material jammed in the line; as the employee was unjamming it, the exit rollers grabbed the employee's left hand and broke it.
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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On May 5, 2025, an employee was using the office paper cutter to trim hook and loop fasteners when they sustained an amputation of their left thumb tip without bone loss.
On April 28, 2025, an employee was reinstalling a fire extinguisher on a railing that runs along the wall. The fire extinguisher fell and when the employee went to catch it, his left little finger was caught between the extinguisher and the railing, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
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An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
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