Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2015-09-28 | Grantsburg | Wisconsin | PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 28, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., an employee was adjusting the stroke length on a pneumatically powered cylinder. The cylinder actuated when the employee reattached the air source (100 psi) to the pneumatic cylinder, amputating the employee's right-hand pinky fingertip in the pinch point between the end of the cylinder body and the cylinder rod cap. | |||||
2015-07-29 | Grantsburg | Wisconsin | BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE | Arm(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting open a steel barrel. He set the plasma torch/cutter on a barrel beside him and the barrel exploded. The force of the explosion broke his arm. | |||||
2015-01-26 | Grantsburg | Wisconsin | PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee's right-hand ring finger was amputated while clearing raw metal stock that was jammed in a lathe. |