Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-04 | Crosby | Nd | Brigade Energy Services LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Two employees were removing a well head bolt using hammers. The hammers hit each other, causing one hammer to shatter. A fragment of the hammer went under an employee's safety glasses, causing an injury to their left eye. | |||||
2021-09-23 | Marysville | Oh | Scotts Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping to train two new employees on how to change hammers in a hammer mill. The employees conducting the training were removing the hammers, which requires pushing a steel rod through the hammers and collars to push out another rod that holds the components in place. Employee 1 was removing a collar that was stuck when Employee 2 pushed the rod in. Employee 1's left middle finger was pinched between both rods, and his finger was partially amputated. The mill was locked out at t | |||||
2020-09-15 | South Bay | Fl | OKEELANTA CORPORATION | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Two employees were removing 50-pound hammers from a steel box on a roader in a sugar mill. While removing the hammers, the steel box fell. One employee was pinned between the steel box and the roader. The other employee was struck by hammers. One employee was hospitalized for a fractured sternum. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Rockford | Illinois | Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At about 2:30 a.m. on March 25, 2019, an employee was using a modified hydraulic press with a knife tool to remove defective vinyl grips from new hammers. While the employee was retrieving a hammer, his right middle and ring fingertips were caught between moving and stationary parts, causing amputations. | |||||
2017-10-12 | Greeley | Colorado | Anderson Sales | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing hammers on a roller when the roller grabbed the employee and rotated half a turn. The employee suffered a back injury. | |||||
2017-07-25 | Middletown | Pennsylvania | Zeager Brothers, Incorporated | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
Two employees were changing the grinding hammers on a tub grinder that is used to grind mulch. As one employee was using a sledgehammer to pound one of the grinding hammers, a piece of the sledgehammer chipped off and struck the second employee in the arm, cutting an artery and requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-02-22 | Magnolia | Mississippi | WEYERHAEUSER | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping a maintenance crew put hammers back on the rotors of a hammer mill. The employee was positioning the rotor while a coworker used a bar to lift it. The rotor rotated downward while being lifted, and the employee's hand was caught in a pinch point between the key stop and frame of the rotor. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2015-04-17 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Seilkop Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On April 17, 2015, at approximately 7:00 PM, an employee smashed his hand while changing the knock out machine hammers, which resulted in the amputation of his left middle finger. |