| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-09 | Brownfield | Tx | International Peanut Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was processing peanuts on a table near an intake fan. The fan cover had a hole that created suction strong enough to pull the employee's right hand into the blade, resulting in two amputated fingers. | |||||
| 2021-11-04 | Auburn | Me | RJF-Morin Brick, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was checking the airflow of a machine. His finger contacted a spinning fan blade, which amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-10-24 | Spring Hill | Ks | Cardinal Float Glass Spring Hill | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two maintenance employees were working on a locked-out fan. The breaking device came out of place and air movement in the room caused the fan to rotate slowly. One employee went to stop the fan and his left middle fingertip was pulled into a pinch point between the belt and sheave. The fingertip was partially amputated at the fingernail. The fingertip was later re-attached. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Lima | Oh | CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, INC | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On October 15, 2021, an employee was standing about 8-10 feet behind the operator of a water lance, being used to clean the tubing of a fin fan bank. The lance came out of the unit and a burst of water lacerated the employee's left hand and left cheek. | |||||
| 2021-10-12 | Middletown | Ny | Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right hand entered a vacuum blower. The blower fan amputated one of the employee's fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-09-25 | Rhinelander | Wi | AirPro Fan & Blower Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was balancing a fan wheel. As he tried to slow or stop the wheel, his right hand was pulled into a belt running on a shaft. His index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Frisco | Tx | Caliber Holdings Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's thumb was caught in a radiator fan and lacerated. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Atlanta | Ga | Jones Lang La Salle | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder, replacing the motor of a fan box in a classroom. He lost his balance, fell from the ladder to the carpeted concrete floor, and suffered a compound fracture to the right ankle. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Leigh | Ne | Schwartz Farms Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing the belt on a pulley system that turned a blower fan. His right middle finger was caught between the belt and the pulley and amputated below the nail. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-08-25 | Marshfield | Wi | Packaging Corporation of America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee lost balance while walking and his left hand contacted fan blades. He suffered partial amputations to the little and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2021-08-20 | Milwaukee | Wi | Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the direction of a structure-mounted air circulating fan. The fan blade struck and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-13 | Dallas | Tx | Take 5 Oil Change | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A employee opened the hood of a customer's vehicle to begin work when a finger on their left hand contacted the radiator fan, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Lincoln | Ne | Universal Pure | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was changing a belt on a ventilation fan when he lost balance and contacted the blades of an adjacent fan. He sustained lacerations to the left hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Mason | Oh | The Common Beer Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee's hand was caught in the blades of a wall-mounted fan that pulled air out of a building. The employee suffered amputations to two fingers. | |||||
| 2021-07-17 | Andrews | Tx | CNA Electric Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder replacing a fan on an inverter and was shocked. The employee fell off the ladder approximately 2-3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an electrical burn to the right hand and a fractured spine. | |||||
| 2021-07-16 | Kingston | Ny | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was reaching up to turn on a fan in the outdoor register hut. She fell off a bucket and landed on the floor, resulting in a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-07-12 | Palmetto | Fl | SYSCO WEST COAST FLORIDA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was changing a fan pulley when the fan blade injured their right index finger resulting in an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Queensbury | Ny | Lowes Home Center, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking when she tripped over a fan cord and fell, resulting in multiple fractured bones in her shoulder and face. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Louisville | Ky | Dept of Veterans Affairs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was recording data from a motor. He stepped into a hole, causing him to place his hand into the equipment that was still moving after the motor was shut off. The employee's hand was caught in the fan motor belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of his right index finger, including the loss of bone. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Houston | Tx | TBC RETAIL GROUP, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee finished an oil change and was cleaning the car's engine when his pinky fingertip was amputated by the fan belt. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | Medford | Wi | Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| At about 10:25 a.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee was moving stored pedestal fans from an overhead balcony onto an adjacent elevated forklift platform. As the employee stepped off the balcony and onto the forklift platform, the platform became unstable and tipped off the forks. The employee fell to the concrete floor about 10 feet below, suffering a back/spine injury. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Boynton Beach | Fl | RJS Electric INC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder wiring an overhead fan and fell 5 feet off the ladder onto the ground. The employee suffered pain in the back, neck, and right arm. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | Northlake | Tx | Entech Sales & Service, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lubricating a motor. A nearby fan belt tugged his left hand into a pulley, partially amputating the tip of his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-29 | Carthage | Mo | CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION CO. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on a stepladder. He came in to contact with an energized ceiling fan, was shocked, and fell off the ladder. He suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2021-04-26 | Westfield Center | Oh | Westfield Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was working inside a fan housing. The employee's right index finger brushed against a metal burr, and he got a metal sliver in the finger. The wound became infected and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Anderson | Mo | Roxell USA Agile Manufacturing CTB, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was troubleshooting a prototype poultry ventilation fan, trying to point out a loose bolt or vibration. His left pinky finger contacted the moving fan blade resulting in a revision amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-30 | Lawton | Ok | United States Department of Defense US Army | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was diagnosing an issue with a military vehicle when their left thumb struck against the vehicle's engine fan, amputating the thumb tip. | |||||
| 2021-03-27 | San Antonio | Tx | Specialized Equipment Contractors | Multiple face locations | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| An employee of Specialized Equipment Contractors was operating a boom lift while performing work at a plant. While the employee was turning the boom lift around to bring it to a different location, he boomed up to miss some interferences on the ground level and was struck in the face by a ceiling fan. The employee sustained facial fractures, a broken jaw, and a dislocated tooth. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Batesville | Ar | UNICON OPERATING COMPANY, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was trying to hang netting in the back of a chicken house. As the employee was securing the net to the corner of a ventilation fan guard, the guard broke loose, fell, and struck the employee's right hand. The employee suffered lacerations across and between the ring and little fingers. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Powder Springs | Ga | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was standing on a stepladder, replacing an exhaust fan hood vent gutter. He stepped onto a fryer cover, which moved, bringing him into contact with the fryer oil. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to the right leg, ankle, and foot. | |||||
| 2021-03-02 | Sylacauga | Al | AMERICAN FOAM CAST, INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was operating an assembly machine when they tripped over a floor fan and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Tampa | Fl | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Two employees were conducting preventative maintenance on multiple air handling units. One employee was greasing the motor and fan bearings inside the end of a unit when his left pinky finger was caught and pinched between the belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 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). | |||||
| 2021-01-22 | Buzzards Bay | Ma | Harvest Energy Services Inc. | Hip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working inside the hub of a wind turbine, tightening bolts for the fan blades, when he suffered a crushing injury from an accumulator. His hip was broken and he was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Milwaukee | Wi | Malteurope Malting Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing the drive belt on a 40-inch exhaust fan. A finger was caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Fort Recovery | Oh | Fort Recovery Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was checking a recompression evaporator when a moving fan blade inside the machine lacerated his left ring and little fingers. The employee underwent surgery, and the little finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-10-07 | Orlando | Fl | Mears Destination Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was emptying the septic tank on the back of the bus. When the employee went to close the service door, his right hand was caught in the engine's fan belt resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | Blairsville | Ga | Union General Health Systems | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a fan cord in the laundry room and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip. | |||||
| 2020-09-30 | Decatur | Il | ADM Bio Products | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On September 30, 2020, an employee had just replaced a motor and belts for an aspirator fan blower motor. After tensioning the belt, the employee was rotating the assembly sheave to confirm the belt was properly seated. The employee's right index finger was caught between the belt and the sheave and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-09-19 | Livingston | Tx | CLW, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to pull a switch in the back of a forklift to release the brake. His hand contacted the radiator fan blade and half of his right pinky finger was amputated. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-09-14 | Springdale | Ar | Tyson Poultry Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was on a ladder about 10 feet off the ground, trying to unclog a water mister. The mister began to spray water onto him; as he tried to close it off and avoid the water, his right hand was struck by a large box fan blade. He suffered an amputation to the little finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-13 | Parkersburg | Wv | Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Inc | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was using a lift to access a work platform to conduct work on an exhaust fan. As the employee stepped from the lift basket onto the work platform, the platform collapsed and the employee fell 16 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, two left rib fractures, a fractured left arm, and a fractured left orbital bone. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Cochranton | Pa | Vitro Flat Glass, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance work to change/inspect a belt on a blower motor. The employee was removing/inspecting the v-belt from a motor/fan drive sheave and as he was rolling the belt off the sheave his left ring finger got caught between the belt and the sheave resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-08-30 | Albany | Ga | Coats & Clark, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was pulling film out of the can that has a vacuum on top that pulls the waste film off of the line. The fan blades lacerated two fingers on the employee's left hand. A fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | New York | Ny | CCIA Mechanical Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was checking a belt. The returning fan and pulley caught the employee's right hand, amputating the tip of the employee's thumb. | |||||
| 2020-08-16 | Atlanta | Ga | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A mechanic was preparing to replace a filter assembly for a recirculation fan on a passenger aircraft. He reached to remove a screw near the fan, which sucked in his right hand and amputated his index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-08-11 | Geneva | Ny | Henkel Corporation | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking with an armful of bottled product. The employee tripped over an ankle-high fan cord and fell to the concrete floor, suffering head injuries. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | Effingham | Illinois | Peerless of America II Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a polishing cloth to clean aluminum tubes after they were cut by the automatic circular saw. As the employee was moving aluminum tubing down the finishing table air that was blowing from a fan flipped a corner of the polishing cloth that was in his hand under the saw guard. The saw then pulled in the cloth and the employee's right index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | Olathe | Kansas | Federal Aviation Administration | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was investigating a noise in an HVAC duct-system. He located a suspect auxiliary blower unit, deenergized it, and then went to retrieve tools. He returned to the blower after approximately 10 minutes. The fan/belt/pulley were slowly rotating even though power had been isolated. The employee removed a cover so he could press a tool against the belt to bring the blower to a stop. While reaching for the tool, his hand slipped into the pulley/belt resulting in an amputation to the right | |||||
| 2020-07-27 | Marietta | Georgia | Tip Top Poultry | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee moved a small step stool under a stationary fan so he could reach the fan. The employee was repositioning the fan when his left hand slipped past the guard and contacted the metal fan blades. The first and third fingertips on his left hand were lacerated and the second fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-27 | Blawnox | Pennsylvania | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| A postal employee was delivering mail in a post office letter carrier vehicle. The vehicle was equipped with a comfort fan but no air conditioning. At approximately 5:55 p.m. on July 27, 2020, the employee was found unresponsive inside his vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a high temperature and a possible seizure. Heat stress/exhaustion is suspected. | |||||
| 2020-07-19 | Cincinnati | Ohio | BAERLOCHER PRODUCTION USA, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was moving a portable fan when their fingers were contacted by the blades resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-07-18 | Birmingham | Alabama | Department of Veterans Affairs | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was working on an HVAC system replacing a belt on an exhaust fan. The cover to the exhaust fan was on his left on the roof surface. The employee took a picture of his completed work, and stepped to the left when his pants caught on the edge of the exhaust fan cover. He then fell backwards onto a rooftop access hatch. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae and four broken ribs. | |||||
| 2020-07-16 | San Diego | California | SSA Marine | Multiple back regions | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee had been operating fans with wind-power equipment. The employee fell backwards, off a ladder, approximately five feet to the lower surface. The employee sustained a lower back and tailbone injury. | |||||
| 2020-07-11 | Exton | Pennsylvania | DSM Biomedical | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was servicing an exhaust fan motor. The fan suddenly began to turn, and the employee's thumb was pulled into the pulley and amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-10 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repositioning a ventilation fan. It shifted and fell over, severely pinching the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-07-10 | Lebanon | Pennsylvania | North Lebanon QSR, LP | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While delivering food to a drive-through line, an employee tripped on the cord from a floor fan. The employee fell, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
| 2020-07-08 | Chillicothe | Missouri | DELAVAL MANUFACTURING | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had installed a fan in production. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Norman | Oklahoma | CBA Rockcreek LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking whether a car's fan was working when the fan partially amputated his left ring and index fingers. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Melrose Park | Illinois | RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was checking repairs to a truck-mounted compressor. While he was securing the cover to the compressor fan, the fan lacerated his right thumb. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | HP HOOD LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over an electrical cord powering a pedestal fan. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a broken hip. | |||||
| 2020-06-24 | Houston | Texas | SER Construction Partners, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was removing an extractor fan from the top of a manhole when he stepped forward and fell into the manhole. He sustained multiple broken bones. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Powder Kote Industries (PKI, Inc.) | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An off-center fan belt was turned and pulled an employee's left hand between the pulley and the belt. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-06-11 | Jamestown | North Dakota | MAGNUM ELECTRIC, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On June 11, 2020, at 7:30 a.m., an employee was diagnosing why a breaker kept tripping on a dust extraction system at a grain dryer facility. As the employee was cleaning out the dust near the airlocks, the system started. The fan blades then amputated all four of his fingers on his right hand. | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Bath | Maine | General Dynamics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting a fan when the rotating fan blade struck the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | Dallas | Texas | Mestex | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a fan assembly line when their thumb became caught in a fan and was amputated. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-05-11 | Sidney | Montana | American Crystal Sugar Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was doing a pre-check of the warehouse when he heard something metal coming down the screen. He opened the airlock and was investigating with his hand when the airlock fan blade amputated three of his fingers. | |||||
| 2020-05-05 | Greenwich | New York | Hollingsworth and Vose Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a paper machine's hood exhaust fan. The employee was trying to remove a belt when their right middle and ring fingers were pinched and lacerated between the exhaust fan belt and sheave. The employee sustained an amputation to the fourth finger on the right hand. | |||||
| 2020-05-05 | Niagara Falls | New York | Americarb | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was changing the filter in a dust collector. A fan in the hose caught his finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-04-24 | Wilmington | Delaware | GT USA Wilmington LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just serviced a generator. The employee was removing a rag when the generator's fan blade cut off the tip of the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2020-04-16 | Tampa | Florida | Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a panel to access a fan belt when the employee's left index finger was pinched and fractured between the fan belt and pulley. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-27 | Tampa | Florida | Waterfield Florida Staffing, LLC | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| While performing composite clean up, a temporary employee slipped and fell into some metal panels. The panels then caused an industrial exhaust fan to fall on top of the employee, fracturing his pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-03-26 | Kansas City | Missouri | The TAPCO Tube Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was working on an air manifold when a fan partially amputated his right ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Elmendorf | Texas | Halliburton Energy Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A mechanic was working on a pump truck's belt drive radiator fan system. His left little finger was caught between the timing belt and a pulley, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | Long Island City | New York | ABM Systems Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was testing the operation of a fan when a finger on their right hand was caught in the fan belt and pulley resulting in lacerations and a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-26 | Sand Springs | Oklahoma | Davco Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was installing an exhaust fan belt when their fingers were caught between the belt and the pulley. The ring and middle fingers on the right hand were broken and the right pinky finger was amputated above the fingernail. | |||||
| 2020-02-26 | Gillett | Wisconsin | Seneca Foods Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking back to his work station from the tool room when he tripped on a stand that holds the fans for the harvesters and fell onto the concrete floor. He landed on and fractured his right hip. | |||||
| 2020-02-25 | Houston | Texas | Allchem Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| As an employee was repositioning a steel box fan, a can of glue fell into the fan. When the employee attempted to retrieve the can, her right hand contacted the fan blade and her index, middle, and ring fingers were broken and lacerated. | |||||
| 2020-02-14 | Irving | Texas | Abbot Diagnostics | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working inside of the air handling unit and was working on the fan blade belt and pulley system. The employee rotated the fan blade pulley belt and amputated a finger between the fan blade and belt system. The air handling unit was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2020-02-12 | Weimar | Texas | J Bar B Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just finished working on a fan motor. When the fan was turned on to verify the direction of its rotation, the vacuum of the fan pulled the tip of the employee's right index finger into the spinning blade, causing it to be severely lacerated from the middle of the nail to the end of the finger. | |||||
| 2020-02-06 | Sarasota | Florida | Natural Stone Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was testing a fan when its blade cut off the tip of the employee's middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-02-04 | Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | Amentum | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was doing maintenance on ventilation fans. A fan belt pulled his left hand toward a pulley, where the tip of his middle finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-02-04 | Norfolk | Nebraska | Rasmussen Mechanical Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was on a step ladder changing belts out on an exhaust fan for preventative maintenance when he reached to steady himself and his left pinky finger was caught between the fan's belt and pulley. As a result, his pinky fingertip was amputated. The fan was turned off but still turning at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2020-01-29 | Fitzgerald | Georgia | Covered Wagon Trailers, LLC | Ankle(s) and knee(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee had stepped out of a scissor lift that was approximately 8 feet high onto a steel beam to retrieve a fan. The employee fell off of the beam and landed on the concrete floor, breaking his right knee and left ankle. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | Commerce | Texas | Bunker Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was locking a fan motor after making an adjustment when his hand slipped and his finger hit the fan motor blades, resulting in a right index finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-01-20 | Venice | Florida | TRIDENT BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. | Skull | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On January 20, 2020, an employee was at a residence removing a fan unit from the sidewall while on a scissor lift. He lost his balance and fell 8 feet from the lift to the floor, hitting his head. He suffered several facial and head lacerations and a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2020-01-09 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was replacing a fan while on a 4-foot step ladder that was placed on an elevated platform. The employee fell approximately 8 feet and landed on a slanted plastic surface. The employee sustained two broken ribs in the upper back. | |||||
| 2020-01-07 | Farmington | Arkansas | All Right Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were performing a pre-trip inspection on a dump truck. While one employee was checking the fan belt, the second employee started the engine. The first employee's hand made contact with the moving pulley and fan belt, amputating the left index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2019-09-24 | Mason | Ohio | Cincinnati Fan | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a fan assembly. The fan belt had been pulled, and the employee was checking fan blade rotation, when the employee's right hand was caught in the belt and pulley system. The right ring finger and the tip of the little finger were amputated. | |||||
| 2019-09-22 | Cincinnati | Ohio | U.C. Health, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing out a fan belt in an overhead kitchen fan. The belt caught the employee's right middle finger, causing a laceration and partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-20 | Lubbock | Texas | Covenant Health Systems | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing a fan belt on an HVAC unit when his left hand got caught up in the belt. The tip of his index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Austin | Texas | Austin HLK,Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing a separator cap on a back engine on a sweeping truck when the blades on the radiator fan amputated two of the employee's fingertips. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Columbus | Ohio | Big Lots, Inc | Elbow(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was doing maintenance on a wall-mounted exhaust fan. The metal fan blade struck the employee, lacerating the employee's right elbow. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Miami | Florida | Firstservice Residential Florida, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was cleaning out the parking garage fan room. The employee's hand was in the doorway when the exhaust fan turned on and pulled the door shut on the employee's left pinky finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | Seton Hill University | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A maintenance employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof of the dining hall. The employee's finger got caught between a belt and pulley and he sustained the amputation of the right index fingertip. The exhaust fan was turned off at the time. | |||||
| 2019-08-27 | Lubbock | Texas | Anthony Mechanical Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| While working inside an air handling unit, an employee's right hand was caught in the fan belt resulting in a middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Hyannis | Massachusett | CAPE COD POTATO CHIPS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was stopping a fan belt when his finger was caught between the fan belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||