Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Bucyrus | Oh | GE Lighting Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On November 17, 2021, an employee was verifying the operation of a bulb crusher machine that had been restarted after a jam. The machine was jogged and pulled in the employee's right-hand glove. He suffered injuries resulting in the amputation of his right index and middle fingers. | |||||
2021-10-20 | Bucyrus | Oh | EAGLE CRUSHER CO INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On October 20, 2021, an employee was rigging a steel part to a chain hoist. The part fell, causing the chain to become taught and pinch the employee's finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
2020-05-14 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Diamond Wipes International Inc. | Hip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was manually putting cardboard into a baler when he stepped backwards into the pathway of a forklift and was struck by the forklift's load. He sustained a broken left hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Bucyrus Precision Tech Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was changing the chuck in a lathe when the chuck clamped and crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in amputations of the left third and fourth fingertips. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Hord Livestock, Co. | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while walking boars, hitting the boot of another employee in front of her. Later, she collapsed again. In the course of both falls, she suffered bleeding on the brain and scrapes to the right elbow, the right shoulder, and the right side of her face. | |||||
2019-01-05 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Imasen Bucyrus Technology, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A temporary employee stepped inside a packaging tote to collect parts and move them into a smaller container. Upon exiting the packaging tote, his foot was caught on the side of the tote, causing him to trip and fall to the floor. He broke his hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-19 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Hord Personnel Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was standing behind a gate in a cattle barn. Some cattle entered the barn and hit the gate, pushing the employee into a horizontal pipe and severely injuring his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-16 | Bucyrus | Ohio | ESCO Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On June 16, 2017, an employee was preparing to replace a drill bit on a multi-spindle drill press when his left ring finger contacted the point of operation and was amputated. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Wildcat LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee tripped and fell on a concrete curb, breaking his kneecap. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Ryder Heil Bronze, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While setting up a handheld grinder, an employee's hand was caught between the grinding wheel and the lift table, avulsing/amputating the employee's left thumb tip. | |||||
2016-06-22 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Imasen Bucyrus Technology, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On June 22, 2016, an employee sustained an amputation injury as performing maintenance on a push nut machine when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-03-15 | Bucyrus | Ohio | The Timken Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about March 15, 2016, an employee was attempting to remove a bearing from a conveyor when his finger was pinched between a metal gate and the conveyor, partially amputating his left ring fingertip. | |||||
2015-12-04 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Bucyrus Precision Tech, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to pop a load bearing out. He put both fingers into the area of the locking pin and then it came down and amputated the distal aspect of the right index and little fingers. | |||||
2015-09-10 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Diamond Wipes | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a machine when the blade came down and cut her left middle finger. | |||||
2015-03-23 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Ohio Polytech, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On or about March 23, 2015, an employee received a thumb tip amputation while trying to remove a chain and sprocket from a calcium silo system. The system was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-01-05 | Bucyrus | Ohio | Carle's Bratwurst Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On or about January 5, 2015, an employee suffered a partial amputation of the fingertip while using the patty-making machine. |