| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 | Alliance | Oh | AllianceTubular Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was completing a roll change when a steel spacer fell and struck an employee's left little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-08-05 | Alliance | Ne | Progress Rail (Alliance) | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| The injured employee was working on an open-top coal car replacing a piece that supports the sides of the car. The injured employee and a co-worker each had a side of the support. As the co-worker unbolted his side, he lost his grip, and the support swung down on the side of the injured employee, amputating their right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-07-14 | Alliance | Oh | Canton Erectors Inc. | Heel(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| After moving machinery from a tractor trailer using a crane, employees were disassembling and stowing the crane. A steel spreader bar, used as rigging, was placed on the ground while the employees were stowing the crane. The spreader bar tipped over on uneven ground and struck an employee in the heel and fractured it. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Alliance | Nebraska | Thompson Seed Potato | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was fixing a chain on a piler when the piler was turned on. The employee's left index finger become caught and pinched between the chain and wheel sprocket, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-09 | Alliance | Ohio | Sun America, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 9, 2020, an employee was trying to remove a tool die from a thermoforming machine when his left index fingertip was caught between the machine's handle and its shaft. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-30 | Alliance | Nebraska | USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was checking pigeon traps and fell off the roof. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and three fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2019-09-24 | Alliance | Nebraska | Thompson Seed Potato | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was sorting potatoes on a conveyor. The chain from the conveyor's chain drive struck and avulsed the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-08-21 | Alliance | Ohio | TRILOGY PLASTICS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a band saw to trim a plastic part. As he moved the part, the band saw caught his left ring finger, amputating the fingertip down to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-06-12 | Alliance | Ohio | Alliance Tubular Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was aligning a bushing on a tubular machine. The housing moved, pinching the employee's left index finger against the bushing. The tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-16 | Alliance | Ohio | W.J. Egli Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 16, 2019, an employee was bending sheet metal on a hydraulic press brake. The height adjustment guard had loosened and created a larger clearance between the sheet metal and the die. The press brake was activated via the foot pedal while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation. His left index finger was crushed, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-15 | Alliance | Ohio | AllianceTubular Products, LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On 5/15/2018, an employee was loading tubular product onto a tractor trailer when the employee fell off the edge of the unguarded truck/work platform to the ground, sustaining a leg/foot injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-08 | Alliance | Nebraska | Progress Rail (Alliance) | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pancake huck tool to remove hucks from a column guide wear plate on a side frame when the hose on the pressure side of the tool burst where he was holding onto it, injecting oil through his glove and into his left hand. | |||||
| 2017-08-21 | Alliance | Ohio | Mac Trailer, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on the ground and walking to the rear of a trailer bed. His hand was on the trailer bed floor, which consisted of rolling slats (moving floor) powered by hydraulics, when the floor was activated for testing purposes. His hand was caught in the trailer bed floor, partially amputating his left fifth fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-05-08 | Alliance | Ohio | Lowe's Home Center, LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking to the cash register when she stepped behind a customer, tripped over a display, and fell to the ground, possibly fracturing her wrist. | |||||
| 2017-01-26 | Alliance | Ohio | Winkle Industries | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was dismantling a furnace scraper when a part of the scraper weighing approximately 40,000 lbs. fell on his right foot amputating multiple toes. | |||||
| 2016-02-12 | Alliance | Nebraska | American Electric Power | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a hydraulic pop rivet gun to repair a railcar. The employee's finger was amputated when they pulled the trigger. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Alliance | Ohio | Alliance Castings Company, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a PIV and admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-06-12 | Alliance | Nebraska | Dinklage Feed Yards | Nonclassifiable | Struck by animal |
| An employee was weighing fourteen cattle one at a time. Two cows tried to get on the scale at same time. The employee tried to back one cow off the scale and the other cow ran away. The employee was either knocked unconscious or stepped on by the cattle causing injury. There were no witnesses to the incident. | |||||
| 2015-05-13 | Alliance | Ohio | Rent-A-Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Bodily conditions, n.e.c. |
| An employee collapsed while filing and struck their head when they fell to the ground. | |||||
| 2015-03-30 | Alliance | Ohio | MAC TRAILER MFG. INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working inside a trailer with an approximately 7-foot-long tube. The tube is used to straighten the walls of the trailers and has a detachable base. The tube slid down the trailer wall, and the employee's left pinky finger got caught between the tube and the detachable base. He sustained an amputation injury from his first knuckle and was hospitalized. | |||||