Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-07-11 | Beech Bottom | West Virgini | Jupitar Aluminum | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was checking for vibration on an applicator roll drive shaft. The grease fitting came around and caught the ring on the employee's left ring finger. The left ring finger was pulled into the applicator roll drive and was de-gloved and medically amputated at the lower knuckle. | |||||
2016-01-23 | Beech Bottom | West Virgini | Ally Equipment, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working on the jammed chain drive of a rollup garage door mechanism when a coworker pulled on the chain. The employee's hand was pulled into the chain drive gear, breaking and cutting his right little finger. |