Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at E & I, Inc., 9 Twin Creeks DR, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA 36078
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sorting parts for shipment. He reached to catch a part that had dropped from a cutting machine when his fingers contacted the machine, resulting in multiple fingertip amputations.
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 changing out the sensor wire on a sensor cap press. The machine actuated after the sensor was replaced, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left little finger.
A temporary employee was working on a plastic extrusion machine. The employee's left index finger got caught between the rotary gears, resulting an amputation to the finger.
An employee in the warehouse area was operating a semi-automated machine and noticed that the machine was not operating properly. He went to use a paper towel to clean the main rollers and his left hand was caught by the rollers. Two fingers were crushed.
An employee was walking to collect trash from a box at a work cell parts stand. A leg of the stand caught the employee's foot, causing the employee to lose balance, fall to the floor, and suffer a broken left elbow.
An employee's leg became entangled in a printer power cord. As she stepped backward, she got hung up and fell. She landed on her right side and suffered a broken right hip.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.