Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Service Tire Truck Centers, 2800 Concord Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17402
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was rotating a tire using a tire rotation machine when their leg was caught on the tire, resulting in a leg fracture.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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An employee was using a clamshell tilt table to maneuver a tire when their left ring finger was pinched by the table and later amputated. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was working at the trim station of a precured tread finishing line. While removing trim waste material from the tension roller beneath the line's conveyor, the employee was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fracture to their right ulna.
An employee was putting air in a commercial roller tire when the lock ring blew off, and the rim struck him in the head. He sustained head and internal injuries.
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.