Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HMA Contracting Corp, 535 Brickyard Rd, SCHAGHTICOKE, NEW YORK 12154
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was fixing a bracket and piston on a trailer that was attached to a truck. The employee was holding a hydraulic cylinder, trying to get it to reach the bracket on the trailer but it was approximately 3/4" short. The employee used the hydraulic lever on the side of the trailer to raise the cylinder the needed distance and the cylinder caught their left middle finger between the trailer and the bracket. The employee sustained amputation of the left middle finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Trucks unspecified
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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