Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-26 | Gwinner | Nd | Grotberg Electric, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was guiding a boring rod on a vibratory plow trencher to install a conduit when the employee's hooding got caught on the boring rod, resulting in an amputation of the right little finger and potential fractures of the right arm. | |||||
2021-05-17 | Gwinner | Nd | Doosan Bobcat | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pushing a part into a machine. The machine caught the employee's left right finger, causing a crushing injury. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Job Erection and Engineering, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving a piece of angle iron in an outside assembly roller area when the angle iron tipped over and pinched his index fingertip. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Clark Equipment Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a hydraulic jig and positioning a plate for tack welding when the hydraulic ram actuated the swing clamp. The swing clamp amputated the employee's right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2018-05-21 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Clark Equipment Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Two employees were operating the welding jig. When one employee activated the two hand controls, the injured employee's hands were between the part and jig, resulting in a partial amputation to the injured employee's left little finger. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Clark Equipment Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was welding on a jig when a side screen fell on his left hand, amputating his thumb. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Clark Equipment Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was positioning a dipper arm on a mini-excavator line. His finger was in the pin hole when his coworker hammered in a pivot pin, creating a pinch point that amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-14 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Bobcat Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was inserting a locking pin into a bushing when the locking pin amputated the employee's right thumb. | |||||
2016-10-05 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Clark Equipment Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was positioning metal next to hydraulic clamps to prepare the metal for tack welding. The clamp actuated while the employee's finger was between the metal and the clamp, crushing the employee's fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-11-13 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Bobcat | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A Bobcat employee was loading steel into a punch press when multiple fingers got crushed and amputated in a pinch point. | |||||
2015-09-20 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Bobcat | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working in the MXBU Trucks department. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation when it was caught between a cylinder and the jig. | |||||
2015-06-03 | Gwinner | North Dakota | Bobcat | Nonclassifiable | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee suffered an amputation injury while putting parts into a jig at or near 210 First Avenue NE, North Dakota. |