Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olin Corporation, 1638 Industrial Road, MC INTOSH, ALABAMA 36553
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to use a drill press on a 3-inch pipe. As they were adjusting the pipe, the machine actuated, amputating the employee's left index fingertip.
An employee was using a rail mover to move three railcars. An employee on the ground was assisting him, and the two were communicating via radio. The employee on the ground became trapped between two of the railcars. He was taken to the hospital (Erie County Medical Center) with a non-displaced sacral fracture and torn cartilage in his pelvic area.
Employee was hospitalized after falling from a 27-inch stepladder he was using to work on a piece of equipment. The employee fell and struck a piece of metal on another machine, causing him to break one rib and puncture his lung. The employee was admitted to Springhill Medical Center on Friday January 23, 2015.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 325181)
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On June 10, 2022, an employee was loosening a bolt to change out a polish filter. Hot water with dissolved sodium carbonate sprayed out of the filter and splashed the employee resulting in second degree burns on the right side of their torso and upper right leg.
On December 26, 2020, an employee reached under a chain conveyor to get a piece of wood that had splintered from a pallet. The conveyor had been stopped, but it advanced and the employee's left hand was pulled between it and a tension roller. The employee suffered crushing injuries to the hand and amputations to the left middle finger and thumb.
An employee was using a pallet wrapping machine to wrap product on a pallet. He had turned the machine off and was at the bottom with the wrap when the pallet shifted and knocked him off balance. His thumb was pinched between the pallet and the machine; the tip was amputated to the first knuckle.
An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.