Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PYCO Industries, Inc., 2901 Ave. A, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79404
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam in a hammer mill located in the lint room when his right hand got caught in the machine, resulting in an injury to the soft tissue of his hand. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Employees were using a bucket loader to pull a forklift out of mud. The strap being used to pull the forklift snapped, and a hook on it struck one employee's left shin, causing an open fracture.
An employee was pulling a basket out of the extractor when his right pinky finger was caught between the wall and the basket, amputating 1/2-inch of the fingertip.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was repositioning a 55-gallon oil drum when his left little finger was caught between the drum and the enclosed belt conveyor frame. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.
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An employee was changing out the saw cylinder on a de-linter machine when a helper accidentally bumped the hydraulic lever that controls the door. The door closed on the employee's right index finger, causing deep lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.
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