Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Marshalls Distribution Center, 3900 Global Reach Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS 79925
on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing routine maintenance on the conveyor when his right hand was caught in the rollers and his radius and ulna were fractured.
An employee's foot was caught between an electric cart's accelerator and its brake as the employee stepped off the cart. The cart accelerated forward, striking a building column and breaking the employee's right leg/ankle.
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a conveyor and was wiping down the conveyor frame with a rag when the rag got caught between the conveyor belt and the roller. The employee's right hand was pulled into the machine and his right middle and index fingers were severely lacerated resulting in amputation. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.
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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