| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | Cotulla | Tx | Bell Supply Company, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving pipe on a trailer when his leg was struck by a joint of 6-inch pipe that rolled off a flatbed trailer. The employee sustained a leg fracture, which required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-11-06 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | ARANDELL CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting a belt on a conveyor. The employee's left index and middle fingers were caught in the conveyor's chain and sprocket, and both fingertips were amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-11-02 | Shelton | Ct | Lex Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an overmold machine. The machine's table moved while the employee's right index finger was in a hole for the mold, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-11-01 | Fort Worth | Tx | Federal Bureau of Prisons FMC Carswell | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a carpentry jointer to trim a piece of wood. The jointer partially amputated the employee's left ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-10-27 | Thorsby | Al | Faithway Alliance | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-10-23 | Huntsville | Al | Williams Erection Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was connecting a structural steel beam when the beam became stuck on surrounding iron while being lowered into position by a tower crane. The employee dislodged the iron and the beam fell, pinching the employee's left ring fingertip and amputating it at the distal joint. | |||||
| 2021-10-23 | West Point | Ms | Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On October 23, 2021, at 2:40 a.m., an employee's left index finger was caught between a dye holder and a bottom wedge, resulting in amputation at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-10-19 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee reached to pick up a tender that had fallen from a chicken frame when their right index finger contacted a knuckle chain that moves frames down the line, resulting in an amputation down to the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Fort Lupton | Co | Golden Aluminum, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's left hand was caught between a mill's spindle shaft and an input roller when the spindle shaft activated, resulting in a partial amputation of their index finger at the last joint, as well as crush injuries to their middle finger and thumb. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Liberty Hill | Tx | Greater Austin Development | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was at a jobsite repairing a truck that had broken down. The employee was in the median of a service road and had a cone behind the truck being serviced. While working on the truck, the employee was stuck by the bucket of a front-end loader being driven down the service road. The employee was pinned between the side of the bucket and his truck, resulting in amputations of three fingers down to the first joint as well as a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Ridgeland | Ms | Concentric, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was servicing a powered lift truck battery. The employee's left index finger was caught in racking and amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Tiller | Or | National Interagency Coordination Center | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was installing a portable weather station for use against a wildfire. The employee slipped on a moss-covered rock and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right femur at the ball joint. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Lancaster | Pa | Environmental Air Systems, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee had just installed a temporary PVC bypass pipe to flush a system. The pipe was connected to hot water, and the water melted the glue joints on the pipe. Hot water sprayed onto the employee's chest and burned it. | |||||
| 2021-09-02 | Birmingham | Al | Alabama Metal Industries Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pushing expanded metal material through a leveler when the glove on their left hand became caught on rollers. Three left hand fingers were crushed in the rollers. The employee required medical amputation of the index finger to the proximal joint and amputation of the middle finger to the middle joint. The left ring finger and thumb were lacerated. | |||||
| 2021-08-16 | Ashland | Ky | Federal Prison Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in an edge bander machine. A machine part closed on the employee's right middle finger after the jam was cleared. The employee suffered an amputation to the last joint of the finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-03 | Goodwater | Al | Madix, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a brake press. The press activated and amputated the employee's right ring fingertip at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-07-29 | Macon | Ga | Green Machine and Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a press brake to bend parts in four sequences. The brake activated and caught the employee's left hand, amputating half of the last joint of the ring finger and also lacerating/splitting the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | Springdale | Ar | APAC-Central, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was shoveling dust and water around a baghouse. As the employee tried to clear a clog in a drain hole, an auger grabbed his right glove, amputating the middle finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-07-21 | Hayward | Wi | Walters & Son Cabinetry, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On July 21, 2021, an employee was feeding reclaimed lumber into a wood jointer when his left ring finger contacted the machine's rotating cutter head, resulting in an amputation above the top knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Big Lake | Tx | Red Diamond Energy Services Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A crew, working for Red Diamond Energy Services, was laying down 2 7/8-inch tubing. The employee on the floor would unlatch the elevators slightly above the floor. The joint would bounce and the employee on the ground would grab and slide the tubing down the rack. While the 29th joint was being laid down, the employee's right ring finger was crushed between the tubing and the floor as the joint bounced resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-14 | Stanton | Tx | Byrd Oilfield Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Employees were creating a joint in casing. When the employees reversed out the tongs, the tension in the casing pushed the tongs toward the injured employee. The injured employee's finger was pinched between the casing safety door and the tongs and their fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | Gentry | Ar | QSI, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| On 7/13/2021, at approximately 4:55 PM, an employee was lifting a drain grate to remove a glove from the drain when the grate slipped and fell on his left hand causing the amputation of the left middle finger at the first joint behind the fingernail. | |||||
| 2021-07-13 | Mapleton | Nd | Premier Service Center, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was taking a U-joint out of a dry shaft using an air hammer when fractured metal hit his left wrist, resulting in an injury. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Hominy | Ok | MidCon Energy | Nonclassifiable | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| A three-person crew was unloading pipe. Two crew members were outside of the truck handling the pipe on the rack. They loaded the three joints of pipe and moved to load the polish rod. One end of the rod was stuck into the ground so they picked up the opposite end and stood the 22' rod into the air to lay it down. The rod contacted a live, overhead electrical line and the two employees were electrocuted. Both employees also sustained electrical burns. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Decatur | Al | Tractor and Equipment Company | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a bolt from a radiator using a universal joint and an impact tool. When the impact tool was engaged, the universal joint spun and cut his hand, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | Cincinnati | Oh | Designs by Marc, LLC. DBA Cincinnati Stair Manufacturing Facility | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting wood on a jointer and their hand slipped under the guard, resulting in amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-16 | Loganville | Ga | TOMCO Systems | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were lifting a refrigeration unit's aluminum frame off a work table. The frame slid and pinched one employee's right middle fingertip against a bench. The last joint of the finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-15 | Edwards Afb | Ca | Pacific Gold Marketing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using an industrial drill, drilling holes for footings. The kelly cable drive was not retracting properly on the machine's drum, so the employee tried to disconnect the cable to re-spool the drum. He backed out the threaded pin from the kelly drive clevis that was holding the cable drive end. As he tried to push the pin through, his right middle finger was pinched in the clevis and cable. The finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-06-04 | Florence | Al | Thacker Casket Manufacturing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing out floor paper under a chain conveyor inside a topcoat cure oven. His left middle finger was pulled into a pinch point between the conveyor's chain and a gear. The skin of the fingertip was degloved, and the fingertip was medically amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Newport News | Va | Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was entering the back door of his work location when he tripped over a concrete slab and fell, resulting in a fracture to his left hip below the ball joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Orchard Park | Ny | The Mentholatum Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was changing plastic film in a machine. Moving parts in the machine caused the amputation of the first joint of the employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-27 | Ashaway | Ri | Hitachi Cable America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was preparing a spool to take up cable from an extrusion process. Tubing got caught on the collet and spindle of the winder. The employee was going to use scissors to cut the tubing off the winding reel. Before being able to cut, the tubing tightened on the rotating spindle shaft, amputating the employee's left index and middle fingers at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Corpus Christi | Tx | Consolidated Asset Management Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was dislodging debris from a conveyor when the employee's left index finger was caught in the pulley, causing an amputation to the last joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | Conway | Ar | The Giving Table | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A temporary employee was using the wood jointer and amputated the tip of his right pinky finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-19 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Beasley Forest Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jammed board in the planer mill and contacted the cutter head resulting in amputation of their left index finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-10 | Birmingham | Al | Consolidated Pipe & Supply Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was manually rolling an 8-inch pipe to the end of the pipe rack when the pipe rolled over his thumb, breaking it. The left thumb was medically amputated at the middle joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-08 | Newport | Ar | Shearers Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 5/08/2021, at 1:30 PM, an employee was starting the sanitation prep for a corn mill mixer. The employee opened the bottom side of the mixer inspection door to remove product and the auger caught her fingers causing an amputation of the left middle finger at the first joint, and a fracture of the left index finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-04-26 | La Junta | Co | OLIVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a jointer machine to smooth the edges of plastic poly material. He had angled the material instead of laying it flat on the machine to smooth out its triangular edges. It kicked back and he slipped, suffering a partial amputation to the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-23 | Brockton | Ma | Copeland Toyota | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was removing a bearing from a joint using a hydraulic press. The knuckle slipped from the press and struck the employee in the arm, breaking it. | |||||
| 2021-04-23 | Stockton | Al | Overseas Hardwoods Company, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| After an employee turned on a finger joint machine and a clamp cylinder, the employee's right hand was caught by the lumber clamp in the machine's operating area. He suffered broken bones in the palm of the hand. | |||||
| 2021-04-20 | Iowa | La | Progressive Tractor & Implements, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a tractor engine. The employee's hand slipped into the turbo intake, and the tip of his left little finger was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-04-12 | Miami | Fl | Hunt Inc., 4333 NW 27TH AVE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A technician was inspecting the belts on a machine when it started unexpectedly, catching his left index finger in the belts and resulting in an amputation at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-04-12 | Ellsworth | Wi | Quality One Woodwork LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 12, 2021, an employee was operating a jointer machine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left index finger while removing the wood panels from the machine. | |||||
| 2021-04-07 | Wichita | Ks | Textron Aviation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While running wood through a jointer, an employee's right ring fingertip was partially amputated by the jointer's blade. | |||||
| 2021-03-25 | Tyrone | Pa | Dixon Tool & Die Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was riding on an electric maintenance cart that contained metal rolls. The employee was holding onto the rolls when the cart hit an object. The rolls moved and smashed a finger on the employee's left hand, causing the amputation of half of the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-03-24 | Twin Falls | Id | Lytle Signs, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a jointer to cut an acrylic piece. As he was reaching to adjust the wheel with his right hand, the machine was activated and its blades made contact with the fingers on his left hand. They amputated the top half of the index finger to the first distal knuckle, as well as severely lacerating the middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-03-20 | Englewood | Co | Western Metals Recycling, L.L.C. | Leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was working in a rail yard coupling rail cars when his left leg was pinned between rail cars at the knuckle joint. The leg was broken. | |||||
| 2021-03-18 | Waukegan | Il | Southwire Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was lowering a spool on a take-up machine. The spool went up instead of down and pinched his left index finger against a knob. He suffered an amputation at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Carrollton | Ga | SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting an oil separator and suffered amputation of their right ring finger below the first joint. The machine was not shut down or locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2021-03-10 | Livingston | Mt | Total Electric of Montana, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running a jointer with gloves on when their right middle finger contacted the interior portion of the jointer, causing a laceration on the finger that included tissue and bone. The employee was hospitalized and suffered a subsequent amputation between the top and middle joints of their finger. | |||||
| 2021-03-05 | Valdosta | Ga | JACUZZI, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was tightening a bolt holding a pulley. The bolt snapped, releasing the pulley and the cable. The cable snapped and caught the employee's fingers against a guard, causing the amputation of the left index finger at the last joint and a laceration and fracture of the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | Keithville | La | Basin Drilling, LP | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping push a landing joint onto a catwalk trough at the v-door on a rig floor. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught between the locking ring and landing joint. The employee suffered a fracture to the middle fingertip and an amputation to the ring fingertip at the nail. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Lavonia | Ga | Kautex Textron | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A team member was pushing an empty pallet by hand, sliding it across the floor in order to stack it at the end of the shelving. The pallet struck a joint in the floor, causing the team member to fall and break their left femur. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Amboy | Il | SENSIENT FLAVORS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On February 22, 2021, at approximately at 7:50 p.m., a temporary employee was using a custom-made portable grinder to grind cannoli when his right hand was caught in the grinder’s point of operation. His right index finger was severely injured resulting in surgical amputation. His right middle finger was crushed from the second joint to the tip and his right thumb nailbed was separated. | |||||
| 2021-02-18 | Smyrna | Ga | Tennessee Bun Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a bagging machine when the cutter blades amputated their right middle finger at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2021-02-02 | Amarillo | Tx | Northstar Energy Solutions LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on the ground approximately 15 feet from a transmission structure when a knee joint fell from the transmission structure, hit an adjacent apartment building, and bounced onto the employee, striking him in the hard-hat. The employee was knocked to the ground, striking his face and resulting in an eye socket fracture. | |||||
| 2021-01-20 | Lindsay | Ne | LINDSAY MANUFACTURING | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a two-hand actuated press when their hand was crushed by the press, resulting in amputation of their right index finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-01-18 | Butler | Pa | A.K. STEEL CORPORATION | Hip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee and a coworker were in the process of de-boarding a crane onto the runway platform when the employee was pinned between the crane cab and the runway handrail. The employee sustained a right hip joint fracture. | |||||
| 2021-01-14 | Berthoud | Co | U.S. Engineering Metalworks, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a pipe groover to groove 10-inch steel pipes. He stopped the machine and was adjusting the groove depth when the machine activated again and pulled in the fingers on his left hand. All four fingers were amputated up to the middle joint. | |||||
| 2021-01-13 | Athens | Ga | Caterpillar, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was placing cardboard into a compactor and dropped a piece of cardboard on the ground. When the employee turned to pick up the cardboard, he slipped on the carboard and landed on his right knee, resulting in a knee joint fracture. | |||||
| 2021-01-08 | Waco | Tx | Alamo Structural Steel, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was trying to flip a square steel tube using a flip bar. The tube did not flip all the way and came back down onto the employee's left pinky and ring fingers, crushing them against the edge of another steel tube. The employee's left pinky finger was amputated at the first joint and the ring finger was lacerated. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Fayetteville | Ar | TYSON MEXICAN ORIGINAL, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unclog a pipe in the taco department line between the holding tank and the mixer when their right index finger contacted the ball valve and the pneumatic actuator cycled causing amputation of the finger between the first and second joint. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Knott | Tx | Consolidated Wellsite Services LLC | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was operating the snubbing unit snubbing a pipe out of the hole and laying down pipe using a single latch elevator on the driller side rig winch. The elevator got hung up on the tubing board above and the latch on the elevator opened allowing the pipe joint to come free, fall, and strike the employee in the forehead. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Wakeeney | Ks | Mpire Improvements LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working from a scissor lift, programming transmitters for the drive motor of an overhead door. The remote transmitter in his sweatshirt pocket activated the motor. His left index finger was caught in the exposed chains and sprockets, and was amputated at the distal joint. | |||||
| 2020-10-07 | Fort Valley | Ga | Blue Bird Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting conduit with a portable electric saw. The tool bounced and the blade reached the employee's left hand, amputating part of the last joint on the index finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-05 | Humble | Tx | Postel Erections Group, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point between a cable and steel rods while he was shaking out steel rods at a new school construction site. His right thumb was amputated above the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-09-30 | Spring Hill | Ks | Premier Building Products | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was assembling truss components with a pneumatic stapler. He was moving the stapler across the truss pieces when he crossed his foot and activated the stapler. The staple went through his leather work boot into the joint of his big toe. | |||||
| 2020-09-28 | Beckley | Wv | Crook Brothers Produce | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| On September 28, 2020, an employee was closing a truck trailer door when his finger was caught in the joint of the door, resulting in an avulsion and the loss of a fingernail. | |||||
| 2020-09-26 | Monmouth | Il | Smithfield Farmland Corp | Fingertip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 5:20 p.m. on September 26, 2020, an employee was on a table about 2 1/2 feet high, checking for a blockage in a metal chute that deposited sirloin onto an overhead conveyor. The employee fell, and their right little finger became lodged between the chute and a metal shield used to prevent product from falling off the conveyor. The fingertip was amputated at the last joint. | |||||
| 2020-09-23 | Liberty Hill | Tx | Looptech Geothermal LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The injured employee was assisting a drill operator. As the employee was removing debris from the machine, his left hand was caught in the machine resulting in a finger amputation at the first joint, lacerations and a broken wrist. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Valley | Ne | Valley Irrigation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was aligning a machine press using his hands to guide the machine at the bottom. The machine fell into place and crushed his right index finger resulting in amputation above the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-09-10 | New York | Ny | Barrett Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was using an electric pallet jack to offload a delivery truck at a loading dock. The pallet jack's front wheels retracted and the employee's left ring finger was caught in the pinch point. The employee suffered a fracture and amputation to the last joint of the finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-09 | Osyka | Ms | Big 3 Pallets and Lumber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting wood with a bandsaw. The saw blade lacerated the employee's right middle and ring fingers and fractured a middle joint and ligament. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Yuma | Co | Smithfield Hog Production | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was moving sows. As he moved through a doorway, the wind caught the door and slammed it shut on his right middle finger. He suffered a partial amputation of the last joint. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Waller | Tx | Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting a bend channel in a sheet of metal using a press brake. The brake actuated and the sheet metal rose up against the brake die, smashing the employee's fingers between the brake die and the sheet metal. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger at the last joint. | |||||
| 2020-08-31 | Fairview | Mt | Noble Casing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On 8/31/2020, a Noble Casing, Inc., employee was on location performing rathole operations. A nearby skid steer operator was unloading a joint of pipe from a trailer and had the pipe elevated while backing to clear the bunks. The pipe then slid off the skid steer forks and trapped the employee between the pipe and trailer. The employee suffered a dislocated left elbow, broken left femur, single vertebra fracture, and bleeding in the brain, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-08-13 | Hot Springs | Ar | AIRTECH SUPPLY, INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing a work piece on a female die section. The press was activated and the male die section came down on the employee's right middle and ring fingertips, crushing them. Each fingertip was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-08-13 | Kansas City | Mo | US Census Bureau | Lower leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
| An employee fell from a scooter and suffered a right tibial plateau fracture with damage to the knee joint. The employee also suffered abrasions on the left elbow and left ankle pain. | |||||
| 2020-08-11 | Janesville | Wi | Siny Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On August 11, 2020, an employee was working in a textile mill operating a fabric line in the pre-shear department. The fabric was beginning to curl under prior to entering the shear. The employee attempted to uncurl the fabric and contacted the spinning shear blade resulting in amputation of their left index and middle fingers above the first joint. The shear blade was not guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2020-07-31 | Decatur | Alabama | Matthews Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a brake press to flatten a part. The employee reached down to straighten the part, when the pedal was pushed and the machine actuated, resulting in amputation of the right middle, ring, and little fingers at the distal joint. | |||||
| 2020-07-28 | Baytown | Texas | Palmer Distribution Services | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was using a forklift to move a triple-stacked pallet of drums containing chemicals. An expandable concrete joint hit the pallet, causing the material to shift. One drum was punctured and sprayed chemical onto the employee's entire body. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | Kissimmee | Florida | Fulcrum Construction, LLC | Multiple face locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a grinder to cut mortar joints in a concrete masonry unit when the grinder kicked back and cut into the right side of his face/mouth. | |||||
| 2020-07-14 | Camp Hill | Pennsylvania | Vantage Foods PA LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While using a band saw to cut meat, an employee's thumb was amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | Thendara | New York | Helmer's Fuel & Trucking Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was preparing to paint a bulk propane storage tank while on a 16' ladder. The employee fell from the ladder onto the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, hip joint, and two ribs. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | University Park | Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania State University | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was closing the overhead door of a box truck. The tip of his left ring finger was caught in the joint between the panels and was amputated (without bone loss). | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Germantown | Wisconsin | Scotts Hyponex | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing an apparent jam from a dust collector machine. A rotary valve on the bottom of the dust collector amputated the first joint of the employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2020-06-26 | Mount Vernon | Ohio | Jeld-Wen, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On June 26, 2020, a steel chain on a roll-off truck trailer broke and struck an employee on the arm, causing fractured ribs, a fractured sternum, a small contusion to the right lung, a heart contusion, a broken right hand (at the metacarpal joint), and a wrist laceration. | |||||
| 2020-06-24 | Jacksonville | Florida | Juarez Glass & Construction LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were moving a large window through a door of an apartment. The window had to be tilted so it could pass through the door, and its rail plastic safety block fell off. The windowpane slid and caught the right middle finger of one employee (working for Juarez Glass) against the frame. The last joint of the finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-06-10 | Norfolk | Nebraska | Progressive Nutrition LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to restart a conveyor belt that would not run. The employee was checking the tension on the motor belt when the auger motor started running, causing an amputation of his left thumb above the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-06-10 | Birmingham | Alabama | SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC. | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a forklift when the forklift blade became caught on a piece of metal over the expansion joint on a dock surface, causing the forklift to abruptly stop. The employee was buckled but his head impacted the forklift's front guard. He was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | Spring | Texas | Hays Utility South Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a pipe joint and was inserting another pipe. His finger was at the edge of the pipe and when he inserted the pipe section his fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Havana | Florida | Coastal Forest Resources Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 5, 2020, an employee was straightening a sheet of veneer from the out-feed of a dryer machine. The employee's left hand and glove were caught in a chain and sprocket in the machine, causing amputations to his left little, ring, and middle fingers at the first joint and his right index fingertip above the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-06-01 | Spring Grove | Pennsylvania | Enerfab Power & Industrial, Inc. | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee torch-cut an expansion joint around a piece of ductwork at a cage mill. After removal of the last piece of expansion joint, the top pipe chute came down and caught the employee's right arm between the top pipe chute and the bottom pipe chute. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the right arm, requiring hospitalization for surgery. | |||||
| 2020-05-30 | Rock Falls | Illinois | Dohrn Transfer Company | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was walking toward a door entry when he lost his footing on the edge of the sidewalk and fell to the ground, suffering multiple fractures to his hip joint. | |||||
| 2020-05-28 | Norfolk | New York | ST Trucking LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| After delivering a load of stone to the jobsite, the driver of the dump truck was checking to see why the tailgate of the dump truck was not closing properly. When he pushed the tailgate, it returned, trapping the fingers on his left hand between the bed and the gate. The ring and middle fingers were amputated to the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-05-27 | Plankinton | South Dakota | NATIONAL FOOD CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While removing debris from a manure handling belt, an employee slipped and their hand was caught in the chain and sprocket drive system of the belt. The employee sustained amputations of the pinky and ring fingers at the proximal joints. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Duluth | Georgia | Nordson Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the dressing wheel on a grinder. The rag he was using fell between the wheels and pulled his left hand into the wheel. The finger was cut down to the first joint. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Kinsman | Ohio | Stratton Creek Wood Works LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was moving a piece of board through a jointer. The employee's left middle finger made contact with the blade; the employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Alvin | Texas | CenterPoint Energy Entex | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee in the parking lot suffered an amputation of the end of the pinky finger up to the first joint below the fingernail when a coworker closed a car door on the injured employee's finger. | |||||
| 2020-05-11 | Libertyville | Illinois | Laser Precision LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a foot-actuated stamping press when she lost her balance and leaned forward. Her hand then entered the point of operation while the actuating pedal was being pressed. The press crushed her left pinky finger, resulting in an amputation at or just above the distal joint. | |||||