Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AEP Industries Inc., 2705 Gunterpark Drive West, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36109
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
Employee was performing maintenance on the Draw Tape Conversion #14 machine and removed the side panel to grease the sprocket and chain without locking out the machine, which was still running. As he attempted to wipe down the sprocket with a rag, it got caught in the sprocket and pulled his left hand in, causing three fingers to be amputated: two fingers down to the nail, and one below the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, unspecified