Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Doosan Bobcat, 2101 11th Street North, WAHPETON, NORTH DAKOTA 58075
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting misaligned parts at the base of a welding robot when their finger was caught between the robot and a collet. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was unrolling sheet steel. He told a maintenance employee that the stop needed to be adjusted. As the maintenance employee opened the stop gate, it caused the air cylinder to become de-energized. The cylinder then contacted the employee's thumb, fracturing it.
An employee was tacking up a radial arm on a welding jig when her hand was pinched between the jig housing and part when the clamp activated. The employee sustained a crush injury to the right hand and amputation of the right little and ring fingers.
An employee was removing a grease cylinder from a skid steer track. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the track and an idler pulley, and the employee suffered an amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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