Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Artco-Bell Corporation, 1302 Industrial Boulevard, TEMPLE, TEXAS 76504
on — Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a hose to rinse the rollers of a glue machine that had laminated wood boards. The hose got caught in the rollers before pulling the employee's right arm into the rollers, resulting in hospitalization due to a contusion to the forearm and elbow, an elbow sprain, muscle strain, fascia and tendon damage in the forearm, pain in the forearm and elbow, and a contusion and pain in the right upper arm.
On October 17, 2023, at 4:20 p.m., an employee and two co-workers were repairing a bearing located on the belt of a dust collector. The employee was manually rotating the belts to investigate the bearings when his left ring and middle fingers were caught between the belts and a pulley. The employee suffered amputations to both fingertips.
An employee was bending a metal tube when his right middle finger got caught between the tube and the pressure die of the horn bending machine. The fingertip was amputated.
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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