Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Metaldyne Sintered Ridgway, LLC, 1149 Rocky Road, RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA 15853
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was taking a break from unloading the sintering furnace. His left hand became caught between two conveyor belts resulting in amputation of the index fingertip.
Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.
An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.
An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.
An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332117)
An employee was running a sizing press. He was changing totes and needed to verify the sizes on the new tote of parts. While he was removing a part, the machine, operating in inch mode, crushed his left index fingertip between the pin, punch, and die. The employee sustained an amputation to left index finger. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was removing a mold (weighing over 50 pounds) from a press machine to take the mold to another location. When he put the mold down, it dropped onto his finger and amputated his fingertip at the knuckle.
At 9:20 a.m. on Saturday August 17, 2024, an employee was running a sizing press machine when his right hand was caught in the press. The employee sustained an amputation of his ring finger at the knuckle and injuries to his index, middle, and little fingers that required stitches.
An employee was working on a sizing press. They were putting a part into the sizing press when the machine cycled. The employee sustained an amputation to their right index finger.
An employee was cleaning the tooling in a mechanical power press when the ram drifted down and caught the employee's right middle finger. Their fingertip was amputated.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.