MOUNTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA·
The Hain Celestial Group Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Hain Celestial Group Inc., 3775 Hempland Road, MOUNTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17554 on , Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee used a stationary horizontal band saw to cut a piece of sheet metal about 15 feet long. When the employee went to move the piece of sheet metal, the end hit an adjacent portable band saw, causing the portable band saw to tip off its stand. The employee walked over to upright the tipped over portable band saw and it completely fell off the stand. As the portable band saw fell, the employee's finger was caught between the stand and the falling portable band saw, causing lacerations and crushing injuries to the left pinky finger, which required hospitalization and surgery.
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