Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 3:02 a.m. on October 23, 2017, an employee was positioning a pallet jack to pick up an empty pallet.As the employee was positioning the pallet jack, it started spinning around until it struck a railing. The employee's left ankle was caught between the pallet jack and railing, resulting in a fractured ankle.

NarrativeEmployee #1 began his shift at 5:00 a.m. on January 18, 2017. The employee was three days into a new assignment and had received verbal and hands on training using the Brandt Edge Bander Machine. The Brandt Edge Bander Machine applies plastic tape (PVC) to the edges of wood panels and then shaves the excess plastic from the edge of the panel. The moving parts of the Brandt Edge Bander are covered by a hood that is equipped with a safety switch that stops the machine from running if the hood is opened. At approximately 8:30 a.m., Employee #1 and a coworker were working with the Brandt Edge Bander machine. The coworker told Employee #1 to clean out the shavings from the machine while it was moving. The safety switch that was connected to the hood that covered the moving parts of the machine had been deactivated by a maintenance employee, allowing Employee #1 to access the moving parts of the machine. The employee stuck his right index finger into the moving parts of the Brandt Edge Bander and sustained a laceration that resulted in amputation of the fingertip.

NarrativeAn employee was operating the T-nut machine. She put a piece of stock in the machine and was going to install a T-nut into the end of the stock. She activated the machine for the T-nut installation, but the T-nut did not go into the stock properly. As she attempted to remove the T-nut from between the stock and the ram, her hand hit the limit switch. The ram then plunged forward, pinching her right middle finger between the ram and stock. Her fingertip was amputated. The guard was in place at the time.