Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-08 | Cuba | Mo | McGinnis Wood Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a loader. While checking the tension of the alternator belt their fingers were caught in the belt. The employee sustained an amputation of the index and middle fingertips. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Cuba | Missouri | ASPEQ HEATING GROUP, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing a metal screen on a sheet metal folding machine when his foot inadvertently pushed down on the machine's cycle foot pedal, causing the upper ram to close down on his hands. He suffered a compression injury and fractures to the left hand and bruises to the right hand. | |||||
2018-06-25 | Cuba | Missouri | McGinnis Wood Products, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was monitoring a wood chipper when a piece of wood was dislodged from the chipper and struck his index finger. The fingertip was surgically amputated. |