Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Grasshopper Gardens, Inc., 135 North Rd., WILTON, NEW YORK 12831
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
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Final narrative
An employee was working to remove snow from a commercial site when his snowblower became clogged. He shut down the machine and went to remove a blockage from the machine using a small shovel when the auger blades started and his arm was pulled into the machine. The employee's arm was amputated.
Amputation Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) Other agricultural and garden machinery
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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