Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hunting Energy Services LLC, 6615 River Rd, MARRERO, LOUISIANA 70072
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a cover on a chain and roller to a pipe rack roller. The employee's right index finger was caught and lacerated between the chain and the sprocket.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Other material and personnel handling machinery n.e.c.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
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