Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pittsburgh Associates, LP, 115 Federal Street, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15212
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was cutting a two-by-four with a table saw when the blade struck a knot and the board kicked out. The employee's right index finger was amputated.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was removing bleachers and separating two units when the front section of bleachers jumped up and caught his right index fingertip. The fingertip was crushed and amputated.
An employee was walking along the concourse in a stadium when they were struck from behind by a food cart that was being pushed. The cart lacerated the back of their left ankle and the employee fell to the ground, sustaining injuries. They were hospitalized for the ankle injury which required surgery to repair their Achilles tendon.
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.