Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-28 | Chandler | Arizona | Arconic Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Three pieces of metal, weighing approximately 250 pounds each, were being lifted using slings attached to an overhead crane. An employee was guiding the metal as it was lifted out of a rack. The metal pinched the employee’s finger against the rack resulting in the amputation of his right ring fingertip. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Chandler | Texas | Pioneer Well Services, LLC | Head and trunk | Vehicle or machinery fire |
A crew was using a pump to circulate fluids to a tank when there was a release from a well and a flash fire occurred. Two employees suffered burns to the face and body, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-07-22 | Chandler | Arizona | CHAMPION HOME | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a door on a table saw when his right hand contacted the blade resulting in amputations to the index and middle fingers. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Chandler | Arizona | Smurfit Kappa | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was inserting a sheet of corrugated cardboard into a machine. The machine was activated, catching the employee's left hand. Four of the employee's fingers were injured. | |||||
2019-03-20 | Chandler | Arizona | Revolution Industrial LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was setting angle iron in a machine when his right hand was caught between the machine and the machine's rail as the machine changed direction resulting in amputation of the thumb just below the knuckle. | |||||
2019-02-18 | Chandler | Oklahoma | Hiland Dairy | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to clear a jam in a machine. The machine cycled, pinning the employee's arm and breaking it. | |||||
2018-01-31 | Chandler | Arizona | Kaiser Aluminum Alexco | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a 90-ton saw to cut aluminum when the blade amputated the employee's left index fingertip to the second joint and middle fingertip to the first joint. | |||||
2017-06-30 | Chandler | Arizona | Superlite an Oldcastle company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was tucking in a plastic wrap tail on a pallet that was on a conveyor belt when another pallet came down the conveyor and smashed his right index finger between the two pallets, amputating his finger just above the nailbed. | |||||
2016-10-06 | Chandler | Arizona | Troon Golf, LLC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading a lawnmower reel into a machine when the machine centered itself, causing the positioning device to strike his left hand. | |||||
2016-09-19 | Chandler | Oklahoma | Atwood Distributing, LP | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee slipped and fell from a step stool while stocking merchandise, fracturing the right knee. |