DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-05-28ChandlerArizonaArconic 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.
2019-09-06ChandlerTexasPioneer Well Services, LLCHead and trunkVehicle 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.
2019-07-22ChandlerArizonaCHAMPION HOMEFinger(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.
2019-03-26ChandlerArizonaSmurfit KappaFinger(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.
2019-03-20ChandlerArizonaRevolution Industrial LLCFinger(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.
2019-02-18ChandlerOklahomaHiland DairyArm(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.
2018-01-31ChandlerArizonaKaiser Aluminum AlexcoFinger(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.
2017-06-30ChandlerArizonaSuperlite an Oldcastle companyFinger(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.
2016-10-06ChandlerArizonaTroon 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.
2016-09-19ChandlerOklahomaAtwood Distributing, LPKnee(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.