Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Meadville Forging Company, L.P., 15309 Baldwin Street Ext., MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16335
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was snipping the last banding on a bundle of steel bars that were being brought in by a feeder table conveyor. The steel bars fell onto the employee's little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a 2,500-ton vertical press while the machine was in idle mode. The employee was manually spinning the die manipulator when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated in a pinch point while spinning the die manipulator.
An employee was operating a CNC machine that had a chip conveyor extending from it. The employee turned the CNC machine off to retrieve a chip ball piece of scrap from the conveyor. As he was retrieving the scrap, the machine was unintentionally activated. The employee's glove became caught in the moving parts and his fingers were caught where the conveyor meets the CNC machine. His left-hand index and middle fingers were partially amputated.
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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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.
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