Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TABER EXTRUSIONS, LLC, 1900 34TH STREET, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 39501
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's left arm was caught in the fingers or jaws of the head stretcher machine, resulting in a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating an aluminum extrusion stretcher. The extrusion pinched the employee's right thumb, causing an injury that required hospitalization.
An employee was operating a crane to lift aluminum logs when their hand was caught between the logs, resulting in a crush injury/avulsion to multiple fingers on the right hand. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was performing maintenance on an 8,600-ton shear press. The employee was standing on a metal plate approximately 3.5 feet long by 1.5 feet wide. The metal plate had a weld fail which caused the plate to break and fall into a pit. The employee fell partially into the pit and sustained a fracture to the right femur.
An employee was removing a block from an extruder vise when the employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the block and the vise. The finger had to be surgically amputated.
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.
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