Sacramento Construction Site Accident Lawyers
Machinery Amputation Attorneys in Northern California

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Amputations are some of the most serious and debilitating workplace injuries. They are widespread and involve a variety of activities and equipment.

Amputations occur most often when workers operate unguarded or inadequately safeguarded mechanical power presses, power press brakes, conveyors, printing presses, roll-forming machines, food slicers, meat grinders, meat-cutting band saws, drill presses, and milling machines as well as shears, grinders, and slitters.

These injuries also happen during materials handling activities and when using forklifts and doors as well as trash compactors and hand tools.

Activities involving stationary machines also expose workers to potential amputation hazards: setting-up, threading, preparing, adjusting, cleaning, lubricating and maintaining machines as well as clearing jams.

According to OSHA, the following types of mechanical components and motions present amputation hazards:

Point of Operation - the area of the machine where it performs work on material.

Power transmission apparatuses - machine components that transmit energy, such as flywheels, pulleys, belts, chains, couplings, spindles, cams and gears.

In running nip points (pinch points) - when two parts move together and at least one moves in a rotary motion, such as gears, rollers, belt drives, and pulleys.

Rotating - circular movement that may grip clothing or otherwise force a body part into a dangerous location, such as couplings, cam, clutches, flywheels, and spondles.

Reciprocating - back and forth or up and down action that may strike or enter a worker between a moving part and a fixed object.

Transversing - movement in a straight, continuous line that may strike or catch a worker in a pinch or shear point created between the moving part and a fixed object.

Cutting - action generated during sawing, boring, drilling, millings, slicing, and slitting.

Punching - motion resulting when a machine moves a slide (ram) to stamp or blank metal or other material.

Shearing - movement of a powered slide or knife during metal trimming or shearing.

Bending - action occurring when power is applied to a slide to draw or form metal or other materials.

Employers must recognize, identify, manage and control amputation hazards. Employers must also comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act which generally prohibits employees under the age of 18 from operating band saws, circular saws, guillotine shears, punching and shearing machines, meatpacking or meat processing machines, paper products machines, woodworking machines, metal forming machines and meat slicers.

You need the representation of aggressive, experienced trial attorneys to ensure you are fairly compensated for your suffering. The Law Offices of Demas and Rosenthal are ready to take on your machinery amputation case and will not quit until you get the settlement you deserve.