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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2018044089 · 4/27/2018 · The Hain Celestial Group Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Band saws

Employer

Name
The Hain Celestial Group Inc.
Location
3775 Hempland Road, MOUNTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17554
NAICS
311919
Jurisdiction
1

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.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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