| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-21 | Byhalia | Ms | Sig SYS Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| The injured employee was installing pallet stops on the floor using an impact wrench. A scissor lift moved and the tire caught the employee's pant leg and pinned his leg under the tire, resulting in a compound fracture of the left leg. | |||||
| 2021-05-07 | Manitowoc | Wi | Skana Aluminum Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping a maintenance worker install the upper portion of a coil car back into place using a hoist. This part weighs about 1,000 pounds. While seating the upper section onto the mounting bolts, the employees were working to loosen a bolt. The injured employee’s right hand was on an impact wrench and his other hand was on the nut. As it was loosening, the upper portion of the coil unit came loose and caught the injured employee’s hand against the lower portion of the coil block. T | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing bolts from the diving door of a submarine using an air-driven impact wrench. When he removed the final bolt, the door swung down, pushing the impact wrench down on his hand. His thumb was pinched between the impact wrench and a support beam under the submarine. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb that included bone loss. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Baytown | Tx | JSW Steel USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were performing maintenance on a crimp press. The employees were using an impact (pneumatic) wrench to remove bolts from a vertically positioned cylinder in the crimp press. The injured employee was supporting the weight of the impact wrench to keep it steady. His fingers were underneath the vertically positioned impact wrench, away from the nut being removed. When the final nut was loosened, the cylinder slid down and crushed his pinky finger between the back/bottom of the impact wren | |||||
| 2020-03-03 | Sweet Valley | Pennsylvania | Frontier Communications Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was placing a B-arm on a pole and was using an impact wrench. The impact wrench loosened the bolt and the arm fell, pinching the employee's index finger between the arm and the pole resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-02-27 | Orlando | Florida | Skanska-Granite-Lane A Joint Venture | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| Two employees were removing an overhang bracket. One employee was holding the bracket while another employee was using an air impact wrench. The socket slipped off the nut causing the wrench to drop down and strike the employee's first finger on the right hand causing an avulsion between the second and third knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-05-11 | Papillion | Nebraska | Omaha Door & Window Co | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| Two employees were arguing over a method to fix an overhead garage door. Employee 1 lunged at Employee 2 with a box cutter. Employee 2 struck Employee 1 on the head with a cordless impact wrench. Employee 2 was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Sundown | Texas | Danos, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was tightening the packing bolts on a beam pumping unit in the oil field by using an air impact wrench when the head of the unit, while in a down stroke, came in contact with the impact wrench forcing it downward and mashing the tool against the left index finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-08-07 | El Paso | Texas | Jordan Foster Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trying to hold or guide a wrench and bolt together while using an impact gun at the same time to loosen the bolt. The impact wrench slipped and caused a severe laceration to the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | Newport News | Virginia | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was securing a series of cast iron fixtures called shop blocks (used for material elevation and support) in place by tightening bolts to a rotary table using a pneumatic impact wrench. Before tightening the last bolt, he had to secure the fourth and final shop block. The impact wrench was shifted into its reverse position. When he operated the impact wrench, the bolt backed out and pinched his right pinky finger between the impact tool and the internal cavity of the shop block, resul | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Little Rock | Arkansas | LM Wind Power | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was tightening bolts with an impact wrench. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught and crushed between a bolt and the wrench's stabilizer arm, resulting in a surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-09 | Gainesville | Georgia | MHC Kenworth | Elbow(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was under a truck using an impact wrench to remove the first of two bolts located on the carrier bearing of a driveline. When he removed the first bolt, he noticed the second bolt was stripped, but still needed to be removed to successfully remove the entire driveline. As he tried to remove the second bolt, the driveline shifted toward him in a downward motion, causing him to react and catch the driveline with both his hands and feet. He then asked a coworker to help remove the secon | |||||
| 2018-02-16 | Decatur | Illinois | Miles Chevrolet, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Employee was using a pneumatic impact wrench to remove a lug nut from a vehicle and metal debris entered their eye. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | Sussex | Wisconsin | GORDY'S CONCRETE PUMPING SERVICE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using an impact wrench when it amputated his left pinky finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2017-06-16 | Kissimmee | Florida | WALT DISNEY WORLD CO. | Arm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was performing preventive maintenance on an amusement park ride vehicle. Brake cleaner had been sprayed to loosen parts. He was using a battery powered impact wrench to remove a bumper when a flash fire occurred, causing second and third degree burns to his arm. | |||||
| 2017-05-03 | Waukesha | Wisconsin | North Central Utility of Wisconsin, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using an impact wrench to repair an air brake when the employee's right hand thumb and second fingertip were caught and amputated by the wrench. | |||||
| 2017-04-27 | Silsbee | Texas | Wooden Pallets Ltd. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was tightening bolts on the back of a new blade for a wood chipper machine with an impact wrench when the employee's finger became caught between the blade and the washer on the back of the blade. The employee sustained amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-01-26 | West Chazy | New York | Cha-Liz Farm LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
| On 1/26/17 at approximately 3:15 PM, an employee was working on a tractor supported by jacks when the tractor slipped off the jacks and pinned his hand between the impact wrench he was using and the floor, amputating four fingers on his right hand. | |||||
| 2017-01-02 | Naples | Florida | Tire Centers, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using an air impact wrench to tighten lug nuts on the vehicle he was servicing. His glove got caught on the rotating spindle as he was tightening the lug nuts on the vehicle and the employee suffered an open fracture and amputation of his left little fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | Vicksburg | Mississippi | Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At 9:00 AM, on 5/10/16, an employee and a coworker were preparing to replace a malfunctioning gauge board on an asphalt tank. They transferred contents from the malfunctioning tank to another tank and shut down the malfunctioning tank. Every energy source was off/locked out. Using an impact wrench, the employee began loosening/removing the bolts holding the manway cover on the tank. After he loosened several bolts, some hot liquid asphalt splashed out from behind the cover onto the concrete pad | |||||
| 2016-05-03 | Joliet | Illinois | Performance Contractors Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee suffered a hand laceration and broken finger when bolting in a blind with a combo and impact wrench. | |||||
| 2016-01-23 | Plano | Texas | Baten Steel Erectors, Inc. | Brain | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was using an electric impact wrench to tighten bolts used to secure the lifts frame. He was found unresponsive with his head caught between the frame of the lift and the frame of the building. He underwent surgery for head trauma. | |||||
| 2015-09-01 | Houston | Texas | National Oilwell Varco | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was assembling testing equipment. The employee's left index finger got caught between a nut and an impact wrench and was amputated to the knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-04-02 | Cincinnati | Ohio | RUMPKE SANITARY LANDFILL | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing the track on a dozer when the track slipped and pinched the employee's pinky finger between the track and a 1" pneumatic impact wrench. The employee sustained a left pinky finger amputation. | |||||