Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kira Aviation Services LLC, 1649 Evans St, Fort Carson, CO 80903, FORT CARSON, COLORADO 80913
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was servicing an air handler at ground level when their left hand contacted a rotating belt. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste 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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 811219)
A mechanic was replacing the airbag suspension on the front axle of a utility trailer. The airbag blew out, causing an injury to the mechanic's left foot that required hospitalization and surgery.
Employees were installing a truck scale and lowering a module when the injured employee's right ring finger was caught between the module and a side rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger to the first knuckle.
An employee was using a 40-ton press to remold a steel part when a steel plug guide shot out from the press and struck the employee in their midsection, causing three broken ribs and a hematoma.
An employee was calibrating a 100-ton transfer rail using a forklift attachment referred to as an evener which was a metal lifting device. The employee was holding the evener up so that another employee could slide the forklift tines under the evener bar and lift the calibration blocks. During this process one of the forklift tines pinched the employee s right ring finger between the tine and the evener bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.