Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PCP Group, LLC, 4801 Ulmerton Rd., CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33762
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using an air gun to blow cotton out of a textile machine when the machine pulled the employee's shirt and left arm into the machine gears and roller. The employee's left little finger was amputated and they sustained a severe injury to the right forearm.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
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On 10/21/2015, an employee was operating a folding machine when her left pinky fingertip was caught in the folding bar. An emergency stop was employed by a coworker. As the employee removed her finger from the machine, her fingertip was severed.
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.
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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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