Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-24 | Janesville | Wi | Siny Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a carding machine when their hand was caught in moving gears within the machine, resulting in the amputation of two fingertips. | |||||
2020-08-04 | New Orleans | La | David Lavie's AC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell approximately 18-20 feet from a second story door while removing and discarding old HVAC duct work. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right arm and foot, and also received staples to close a laceration on his head. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Janesville | Wisconsin | Siny Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was threading a carding machine when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the threading rollers resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2019-03-18 | Vernon Hills | Illinois | Cowell Services Inc. dba Servpro of Libertyville | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
On March 18, 2019, an employee was discarding a toilet in a dumpster. The toilet shattered and deeply lacerated the employee's right forearm. | |||||
2018-09-05 | Orlando | Florida | PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was on a stand-up forklift, putting trash in a compactor. As he was discarding some netting it snagged the operator control, causing the forklift to move forward. His foot was caught between the forklift and the compactor, resulting in a fracture to the left foot. | |||||
2016-09-13 | Janesville | Wisconsin | Siny Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee unplugged the carding machine and then opened the door to clean out debris. The machine then amputated his right index fingertip. The machine was still in motion at the time. | |||||
2016-06-28 | Dallas | Texas | Hollander Sleep Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee started removing fiber and cleaning a carding machine while it was being repaired and his right-hand ring and pinky fingers were amputated. | |||||
2016-06-10 | El Paso | Texas | Circle K Stores, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell to the concrete floor while discarding trash in an outside dumpster, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
2016-05-31 | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | Bouckaert Industrial Textile, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On 5/31/16, a worker sustained the amputation of several fingers from his left hand while attempting to clean fluff material from the side of a doffer roll on a carding line while the machine was running. | |||||
2016-04-25 | Millbury | Massachusett | CESYL MILLS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While operating a carding machine, an employee attempted to clean the card. The machine caught his finger, amputating it just below the fingernail. | |||||
2016-01-15 | Bozrah | Connecticut | Six Paca Farm, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On Friday, January 15, 2016, an employee was operating a carding machine when his fingers were drawn into the equipment. Four fingers on his right hand were amputated. |