Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at US GREENFIBER, LLC, 3701 E. COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33605
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a bagger. He was reaching to correct the position of the bag when the ram compressed his right index finger and amputated the fingertip.
An employee was sweeping near a conveyor. The conveyor grabbed the employee's push broom and pulled it in; the machine then caught both of the employee's hands. The employee suffered broken bones, lacerations, and contusions and was hospitalized, receiving surgery and stitches. The conveyor's guard had been moved away at the time of the incident.
An employee was walking between a bagger gate and bagger snout of a bagger machine operated by a coworker when the coworker cycled the bagger machine. The mechanical bagger gate then struck and crushed the employee's left leg, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.
On March 21, 2017, an employee was checking an empty chemical hopper and amputated two fingers on the right hand when the slide gate struck the employee's right hand.
On November 23, 2016, at 3:10 AM, an employee was troubleshooting a bagger machine when the employee's arm became caught in the door, breaking a forearm bone.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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