Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC., 6100 Emmanuel Dr SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30336
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
On May 31, 2024, an employee was loading a program and fixture into an automated welding work cell. While loading test parts in the machine, a pneumatic cylinder engaged and severed his right index fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Welding machinery
More severe injuries at Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC.
On September 22, 2021, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was sweeping a dock floor when he fell approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured tail bone.
An employee was loading a coil in the metal stamping press when his left middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a partial amputation to his finger (distal portion).
An employee's left hand was crushed on January 8, 2015, while using a punch press to assemble parts. The left pinky was amputated the following day on January 9, 2015.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332116)
An employee was working to remove scrap from the vicinity of a scrap shaker tray located at the rear of a press when she suffered a laceration and partial amputation of her right index finger.
An employee was loading a die plate onto a rack when the plate tipped down and pinched his finger, lacerating it. The employee sustained an amputation.
An employee was placing a flattener die on a turret press. The die broke loose and fell into the turret. The employee's right hand was pinched between the turret and the die, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger.
An employee was un-banding metal blanks from pallets. He stepped on a pallet where the boards of the pallet overhung the runners, causing him to lose his footing and fall to the floor. The employee sustained injury to his left hip requiring hospitalization.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
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.