Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Modine Manufacturing Company, 3984 Hwy 51 South, GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI 38901
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing cleanup activities. As they reached to remove wood from the table saw, the wood broke, causing the employee's hand to strike the table saw. The employee sustained a fracture to the right index finger.
An employee was hanging parts on the powder paint line using hooks and eye bolts. An eye bolt came out of the threads and a part fell on the employee's right middle fingertip, resulting in amputation.
An employee was placing a rolling cart (12 feet by 4 feet) into a large oven. The employee's right hand was caught between the cart and the oven frame, resulting in the amputation of two of the employee's fingertips.
An employee loaded a steel part onto a brake press to be formed. During the second bend of the material, a pinch point was created between the material and the tooling of the machine. The pinch point contacted the employee's index and middle fingertips, resulting in amputations below the nail and above the knuckle.
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