Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-15	Jonesboro	Ar	Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was cooling off at a receiving dock after welding. He leaned on the plastic safety chain guarding the door and fell 5 feet 10 inches to the concrete surface below. He suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.
2021-09-03	Lakewood	Co	Terumo BCT	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
A cooling tower fan had stopped working. The breaker feeding the fan had been turned off, and an employee was investigating the problem with the fan. The subpanel was connected to a variable-speed motor; a circuit overloaded and an arc flash burned the employee's left arm, forearm, and hand.
2021-07-28	Erie	Pa	Wabtec U.S. Rail, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
A hose ruptured during a test of a cooling loop system and released hot water on an employee, resulting in burns on his abdomen and legs that required hospitalization.
2021-06-23	Haines City	Fl	3Way Services Corporation	Leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee operating an end rider pallet jack was entering the cooling section of a facility after returning from the trash disposal area when they collided with the rear of a stationary end rider pallet jack. The employee suffered a gash on their leg.
2021-05-18	Saint Charles	Il	Thieme Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On May 18, 2021, an employee was servicing a chiller cooling unit. The employee had removed a side cover from the unit to add water when the fan on top of the unit turned on and pulled in his right hand. He suffered an index finger amputation, a possible amputation of the thumb, and a laceration to the middle finger.
2021-04-02	Rhinelander	Wi	Ahlstrom-Munksjo	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was at his locker, gathering his equipment when he began feeling ill. The employee went into the cooling room to sit for approximately 20 minutes. The employee left the cooling room to report to his supervisor that he was feeling unwell. While his supervisor was talking to him, the employee collapsed in the supervisor's office and was unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.
2021-01-25	Sylvania	Ga	KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
A maintenance employee was supporting a machine component by hand while another associate loosened mounting fasteners. The cooling fan blades partially amputated the injured employee's left middle finger (third distal phalanx with acute fracture).
2020-09-29	New York	Ny	Planned Companies	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing a stepladder to check the coolant level on a roof. When the employee tried to open the cooling tower door, the handle broke off and he slipped and fell. He landed on his back about 3 feet below. He was hospitalized.
2020-09-15	Sinton	Tx	System One	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A temporary employee was installing a structural steel brace for a cooling tower being erected. An unsupported brace slid off a column and the employee's right index and middle finger were pinched between the two. The employee suffered amputations to both fingers below the knuckles.
2020-09-09	Jackson	Oh	Bellisio Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to move the cooling drum away from the blancher when their foot slipped causing their right thumb to get caught between the blancher drum and pasta chute while the drum was rotating counter clockwise. The employee sustained the amputation of the right thumb above the first knuckle and was hospitalized.
2020-08-21	Eliot	Me	Murphy Electric & Industrial Control, LLC.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was attempting to punch a hole into the cooling tower support beam using the hydraulic punch set. The employee's foot slipped out on uneven ground and the employee fell to the ground dropping the tool onto his leg and fracturing it.
2020-08-19	Donaldsonville	La	COOLING TOWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was tasked with maintenance work on top of a cooling tower. While leaving the tower, the employee lost his footing and fell to the ground, resulting in a head laceration, bruised lung, and spinal fractures.
2020-07-28	West Hartford	Connecticut	University of Hartford	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
On July 28, 2020, a technician was investigating a lack of cooling in the HVAC system of a building. He determined there was a refrigerant leak. While showing his supervisor what had been found, the technician opened a 3-phase, 208-volt junction box and sustained electric shock and burns to his hands, resulting in hospitalization.
2020-06-19	Wilmington	Ohio	The AZEK Company, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a blockage on the exhaust system at start-up while standing on the cooling bath rotor. The fins on the cooling bath roller cut through the employee's steel-toed safety shoe and amputated the right pinky toe. The machine was not guarded at the time.
2020-05-19	Englewood	Ohio	Garber Electrical Contractors, Inc.	Arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was replacing cooling fan motors in a switch gear. When he leaned in to install the fan, his right arm came into contact with an energized coil. He received electrical burns to the right arm.
2020-04-23	Simsboro	Louisiana	Roseburg Forest Products	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A millwright was doing preventive maintenance on a cooling wheel that was locked out. The failsafe brake malfunctioned, causing the wheel to turn and strike him. He suffered a broken left arm, a broken left leg, and broken ribs and was hospitalized.
2020-04-20	Carlisle	Pennsylvania	The Giant Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A mechanic was notified of a cooling issue on a refrigerator trailer in the fleet. He had just brought the trailer in from the yard and parked in the work bay of the trailer shop to begin the troubleshooting process. While performing the tension checks, the thermostat on the trailer triggered the engine to start. A belt pulled the mechanic's hand into a pulley and his fingers were caught at a pinch point. He sustained an amputation to the left middle finger at the first joint, and an amputation
2020-04-19	Jonesboro	Arkansas	Riceland Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a rice miller's cooling chamber discharge. The feed screw inside the machine caught his right index finger, amputating it below the nailbed.
2020-01-30	Johns Creek	Georgia	United Maintenance, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On January 30, 2020, an employee was quoting repairs on a cooling tower basin. He was standing on the concrete area that the boilers are on, discussing the repairs with the customer and a subcontractor. He attempted to step off of the platform but was closer to the edge than he realized, causing him to lose balance and fall about 20 inches to the ground below. He suffered a broken hip and broken right wrist.
2020-01-27	Alum Bank	Pennsylvania	Creative Pultrusions	Thigh(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was attempting to put a clevis on a section of fiberglass walls stored on a cart. The sections are used to make cooling towers. The employee moved a piece to clear the clevis and approximately 10-12 4'x30' sections fell over and struck the employee on his left femur. The employee was knocked to the ground and the pieces landed on his leg. He sustained a broken left femur that required surgical repair.
2019-09-24	Tifton	Georgia	Tifton Aluminum Extrusions, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to lay metal flat on a cooling table from a safety basket. The arm of a tail stretcher machine caught the employee's right leg and broke the thigh.
2019-06-23	Conyers	Georgia	DART CONTAINER CORPORATION	Lumbar region	Fall on same level
An employee was moving a cooling fan from one section of the plant to another when the employee fell onto the concrete floor, suffering a lumbar fracture.
2019-06-14	Woodridge	Illinois	AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder servicing a cooling unit at a customer site and fell to the ground, suffering a possible fractured back.
2019-05-08	Chicago	Illinois	Ravenswood Studio, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was moving a cooling fan out of the way when his left thumb passed through the guard on the fan resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
2019-04-24	Altamonte Springs	Florida	MACY'S, Inc.	Knee(s)	Trip without fall, n.e.c.
A maintenance employee was working on the roof. He was walking down the fixed stairs from the cooling tower when he missed a step and both his knees gave out. He caught himself on the rail and did not fall. He suffered from torn tendons behind both kneecaps, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-04-22	Abbott Park	Illinois	Abbott Laboratories	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was working on the motor of a stand up order picker and ran the drive to allow the brushes to break in. The employee was walking around the order picker, tripped and fell, catching his hand in the rotating metal cooling fan and sustaining a fingertip amputation.
2019-04-17	Syracuse	New York	Syracuse University	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was changing transmission belts on a 40-hp cooling tower fan, when the fan turned on and amputated the left index finger.
2019-04-15	Riceboro	Georgia	HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS OF GEORGIA, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
While working at a cooling tower, an employee was adjusting/leveling a motor and fan. The fan was turned on, which activated the belt and pulley. The employee's left hand contacted the fan's belt and pulley, resulting in a partial amputation (first joint) of the fifth digit.
2019-04-14	Scottsville	Texas	General Cable Industries, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while walking near a water cooling tank that had just overflowed. The employee suffered a broken left femur.
2019-03-14	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Tasty Baking Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on the end of a spiral cooling conveyor belt. During cooling activities, the employee bent over and placed their hand at the end of the cooling conveyor belt. The metal conveyor belt met with a pointed cylindrical free spinning wheel approximately a half inch from the metal conveyor. The employee's middle finger was caught between the conveyor and the free spinning wheel resulting in an amputation injury.
2019-01-22	New York	New York	Empire State Realty Trust Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Employees were replacing a cooling tower fan belt. After the new belt was installed, the injured employee started up the equipment and the belt caught the employee's glove resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.
2018-09-13	Simsboro	Louisiana	Weyerhaeuser	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was checking a cooling fan when it cut his right thumb and broke the bone. He was hospitalized.
2018-09-02	East Peoria	Illinois	AECOM, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a hoist to change a cooling liquid bag filter on a machine when the strap broke, causing the filter's metal strainer to come down on the employee's left hand and amputate the left middle fingertip.
2018-08-17	Sylacauga	Alabama	IKO Southeast Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on a locked-out cooling section of an exhaust fan. The employee's hand was caught in the nip point of a belt and pulley in the fan; the employee suffered an amputation of the right little fingertip and a broken right ring finger.
2018-08-01	Canton	Ohio	TimkenSteel Corporation	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a step ladder working on a shaft drive for a cooling bed when he missed a step while coming down, falling backward and hitting his head on equipment or the ground. The injury required stitches.
2018-07-31	Beaumont	Texas	Total Petrochemicals & Refinery USA, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee lifted the lid to the glue cooling area of the machine to examine the equipment for issues. The lid covers two pulleys; one is 4 feet and the other is 16 inches in diameter. When he lifted the lid, it swung back and he raised his left hand to protect himself. He then lost balance and tried to steady himself with his right hand by placing it on the belt. His right hand got caught in the pulleys and when he pulled back, he suffered avulsions to his ring, pinky and middle fingers requir
2018-07-12	Lolita	Texas	Inteplast Group, Ltd.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An electrical engineer was checking a newly installed cooling fan in the drive cabinet and received electrical burns to both arms and the face.
2018-06-19	Saint Petersburg	Florida	Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee felt dizzy and nauseous after working in a cooling tower. He collapsed, blacked out, and then vomited. He was hospitalized for dehydration and a fractured left big toe.
2018-06-12	Marietta	Ohio	Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On June 12, 2018, an employee was holding a cooling block on the downstream extruder "B" wheel, while another employee was bolting it in. The extruder machine's wheel rotated catching the employees left thumb and amputating it.
2018-04-30	Joplin	Missouri	Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee dropped a sampling container into a cooling airlock. As he attempted to retrieve the container, his right index finger was amputated (between the middle and distal joint) by the cooling airlock.
2018-03-29	Geary	Oklahoma	Diamond Oilfield Services, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Employees were repairing a cooling unit on a new oil tank battery when a piping union failed and struck the injured employee, who suffered an amputation of the right leg below the knee.
2018-02-27	Athens	Ohio	O'Blenness Memorial Hospital	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
A maintenance employee accessed a cooling tower from a fixed ladder. While descending the fixed ladder, the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the roof surface, fracturing the right leg.
2018-01-17	Medley	Florida	HOMETOWN FOODS USA INC and S-INNOVATIONS CORP	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 1/17/18, an employee was attempting to fix a jammed sprocket on a cooling conveyor using a metal pry bar. The pry bar became stuck in the chain/sprocket and the employee's left pinky finger was then caught in a pinch point between the pry bar and the conveyor resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2017-10-02	Pensacola	Florida	International Fire Protection, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was working from a walk board (placed on top of rafters), installing hangers for a sprinkler system inside a cooling tower. He was wearing a harness with a retractable lanyard at the time. As he was turning around to talk to his coworker, the walk board shifted and he fell about 6 to 8 feet, ultimately hanging by his harness about 40 feet above the base of the cooling tower. He was hospitalized with a laceration, soft tissue damage, and a blood clot to his left arm.
2017-08-23	Greenwood	Mississippi	Milwaukee Tool Greenwood, MS Plant	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trimming a plastic cooling fan for a spindle motor with a pair of scissors when the scissors amputated one of the employee's fingertips.
2017-05-15	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Harrison-Orr Air Conditioning, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cleaning a cooling coil on a rooftop HVAC unit. He removed a panel to the unit to wash the coil from the inside out. His left hand was inside the unit when the fan blade struck and amputated his left index finger and lacerated his middle finger.
2017-04-14	Columbus	Georgia	Pratt & Whitney	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing debris from a machine while waiting on the machine's cooling process to be completed. Due to a software error, the interlock system failed, allowing the machine's die to move and contact the employee's right thumb, which suffered an open fracture. The thump tip had to be medically amputated.
2017-04-01	Boston	Massachusett	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee turned the corner walking around a cooling blanket machine in the hallway. Her foot was caught on the blanket's clear tubing and she tripped and fell, landing on her left side chest wall and left wrist. She sustained a left chest wall contusion, left wrist sprain, and collapsed left lung.
2017-03-16	Elmhurst	Illinois	Tri-Angle Environmental, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On March 16, 2017, an employee was changing evaporator coils on the roof-mounted cooling unit for the store's walk-in cooler. The employee was going up an extension ladder to access the roof from the street when the ladder slipped from under him and the employee fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken right leg above the ankle and a shattered heel bone. The employee was hospitalized.
2017-03-05	Pell City	Alabama	WKW ERBSLOEH NORTH AMERICA, LLC	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was opening an oven door in the paint department to expedite cooling. The employee entered the door to Stage 1 and 2 and the vacuum system in the oven sealed the door making it difficult to open. The employee was burned on the hand when he tried to exit the oven. The oven reached a temperature between 300 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit when in operation. It had been turned off for approximately one and a half to two hours at the time of the incident.
2017-03-04	Houston	Texas	Quietflex Manufacturing Company, LP	Lower extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
At approximately 8:25 a.m. on 3/4/2017, an employee was working on top of the cooling conveyor while cleaning the oven conveyor. The cleaning hose became caught in a gap between the oven roller and the conveyer unit and wrapped around his foot pulling both feet and lower legs into the gap. The employee was caught in and struck by the oven roller. The employee was admitted to the hospital with multiple fractures.
2017-01-27	Sapulpa	Oklahoma	Steel Country Threaders	Nonclassifiable	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was installing a cooling tower over a pit when he fell approximately 12 feet into the pit, suffering bruising. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2017-01-06	Portage	Wisconsin	TriEnda Holdings, L.L.C.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was retrieving a plastic part from inside a cooling tunnel when her finger became caught in a conveyor nip point, amputating her right middle fingertip.
2016-10-21	Soddy Daisy	Tennessee	Tennessee Valley Authority	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was replacing the filter of a duct cooling fan when the filter moved, causing the employee's hand to strike the fan. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to the left ring, pinky, and index fingers.
2016-09-16	Miami	Florida	AMETEK MRO FLORIDA, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee suffered an avulsion trauma injury to the left ring finger while testing/repairing an avionics cooling fan. The fan guard was removed at the time of the incident.
2016-07-18	Birmingham	Alabama	Bermco Aluminum	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in the ingot cooling and stacking area when he became overheated. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
2016-07-14	Houston	Texas	Capital Fire Protection, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee went to retrieve a tool from another section of the cooling tower. En route, his pinky finger (left) was caught in the belt/pulley system of a maintenance fan as he passed by, amputating the fingertip.
2016-06-25	Des Plaines	Illinois	Pexco LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
A maintenance employee was responding to an extruder machine that had a malfunctioning water cooling unit. When the employee went to see what was wrong, the machine released hot water and steam, which struck the employee in the arm, torso, and feet. The employee suffered burns to the skin and was hospitalized.
2016-06-24	Orlando	Florida	ABM Industries, Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was placing trays from ovens on cooling racks when the employee suffered from possible heat exposure and was hospitalized overnight.
2016-04-26	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	FLUIDICS, INC.	Knee(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
On Tuesday 4/26/16, at about 1 PM, an employee was installing a control panel on a cooling tower. The employee dropped his screw driver and it rolled under the cooling tower. When the employee knelt down to retrieve the screw driver, his knee landed on some wire debris. He required surgery to remove the wire debris.
2016-04-22	Saint Marys	Pennsylvania	Osram Sylvania, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Three employees were investigating an H2S odor at a cooling tower. One of the employees removed the lid from the cooling tower and stuck a measuring rod in to measure the level. The employee put the lid back on and started walking away. The employee became lightheaded and fell onto the concrete walkway, requiring hospitalization for a concussion and skull fracture.
2016-04-18	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Limbach Company Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Two employees were manually lifting a power cooling fan (approximately 60 pounds) off a stack of units on a pallet. While lowering a unit on a cart, the injured employee lost grip, or the unit shifted, and the employee suffered a left wrist laceration requiring surgery.
2016-04-07	Stone Lake	Wisconsin	Northwoods Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was tracing a wire under the hood of a powered industrial vehicle when his right hand contacted the cooling fan, lacerating the thumb, index, and middle fingers.
2016-03-30	Albany	New York	ULTREPET LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was looking under a cooling silo when his backside hit a switch that activated the knife gate. The knife gate amputated his left fore fingertip and middle fingertip. The knife gate was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2016-03-30	Nash	Texas	Martin Midstream Partners L.P.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a homogenizer to make emulsified sulfur when the employee's finger was caught between the plunger and cooling line, lacerating the fingertip and requiring sutures.
2016-02-08	Saint Louis	Missouri	AD Lift Truck	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was servicing a forklift at a customer's site when the employee's hand was struck by the forklift motor cooling fan blade. The employee suffered hand and wrist lacerations and a broken middle finger. The forklift was not locked out at the time of the incident.
2016-01-31	Corinth	Mississippi	MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee's right middle and ring fingers were amputated when his hand became trapped between cooling rolls while checking for defects in the web.
2016-01-22	Thomson	Georgia	Thomson Plastic, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was reconnecting a 20-pound cooling fan located 8 inches above the floor when the fan slipped and pinched the employee's right index finger between the blade and the floor. The finger was amputated.
2015-12-21	Cleveland	Ohio	Lincoln Electric Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working in Department 24 at the "B" line boxing station. Welding rods were moving on the indexing cooling conveyor that carries them from the furnace. The employee was assisting the movement of the rods along the conveyor with his left hand when his right thumb was caught in a pinch point in the conveyor resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2015-11-23	New Lenox	Illinois	STARCON INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a coworker demolish a fin fan part that was recently replaced on a cooling unit at the chemical plant. The employee's coworker was tasked with torch cutting a 15 feet x 25 feet, 3/16-inch steel fin fan part into smaller pieces for demolition and removal from the site. The employee was standing 6 to 8 feet away from the torch cutting operation. While the coworker was torch cutting the tail-end area on the fin fan, a side panel that measured 19 feet x 4.5 feet and weighed a
2015-09-25	Denver City	Texas	Northern Natural Gas Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was repairing a cooling fan and replacing the fan belt. The employee was using a screw driver to put the belt on when it slipped, catching the employee's finger between the pulley and fan belt. The employee's left fingertip was amputated.
2015-09-23	Sharonville	Ohio	Cincinnati Sub Zero Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was monitoring the process of balancing two cooling fans. The fan guard had been removed for this process. The employee grabbed the belt of the fan, which was not turned on at the time, and the force coming from the adjacent fan caused it to rotate. The employee's hand got caught between the belt and pulley, amputating his right pinky, ring, and middle fingers.
2015-07-29	Delta	Pennsylvania	Exelon Generation LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee working South of Delta cooling tower was removing a 380 lb. stuffing box from packaging using a grove crane. The crane was not involved. As the employee was moving the stuffing box on the skid he pinched his left pinky between the box and the shipping crate amputating his left pinky tip.
2015-03-20	South Beloit	Illinois	Bremner Food Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was instructing another employee on how to conduct a moisture test by placing baked cookies coming out of the oven (on a conveyor belt) on top of the fan's guard enclosure. A series of three to four fans are attached to the belt to blow down on the cookies (cooling) as they come out of the oven. These fans could be located 6 to 12 inches above the conveyor belt. The oven operators can't see the fans but are able to reach and make physical contact with them. The injured employee took
2015-03-11	Kohler	Wisconsin	Kohler Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was hospitalized and had his right thumb amputated after his hand was injured in the cooling fan of a chiller unit he was troubleshooting.
2015-01-16	Houston	Texas	Randalls Food Markets Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Employee amputated the fourth finger on his left hand when it was caught between a rotating belt and pulley. He was attempting to tighten a bolt on the motor of a cooling unit. The rotating belt and pulley was located in the center of the roof of the cooling unit.