Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eldorado Artesian Springs, Inc, 1783 Dogwood Street, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO 80027
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was fixing the automated 5-gallon bottling machine that had an empty bottle jam. When the jam was fixed, the machine activated and pinned the employee's legs between the robotic arm and the bottle racks. The employee sustained fractures to both tibias.
An employee was attempting to clear a bottle jam when they were pinned to the wall by the arm of a robotic bottle stacker. The employee sustained an abdominal injury that required hospitalization. The machine was not guarded at the time.
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.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
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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