| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-04 | Mount Hope | Oh | Weaver Leather LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working with leather using a manually held rotary knife and amputated their left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Martinsburg | Pa | H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was trimming excess leather from a boot on the inseam trimming machine when the workpiece slipped and his right index finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Mansfield | Oh | Brost Foundry | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On April 14, 2021, at 7:30 AM, an employee was throwing a 78-pound casting into a wire basket when the flashing on the casting caught their leather glove and pinched their right middle finger between the two castings, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-15 | Mobile | Al | MCG Workforce Solutions, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| A temporary employee was controlling a come-a-long on one side of a flat plate while another worker was using a 20-pound steel hammer to strike the plate and move it into position inside the engine room of a vessel which was on shore/dry dock. The temporary employee was manually shaking the plate to see if it would slide down under its own weight when his left hand was struck by the hammer. The injured employee was wearing protective leather gloves at the time. His middle finger was broken and l | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Sioux Falls | Sd | Furniture Mart USA | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was lifting a leather sofa so he could place a rug under it. His right hand slipped off the sofa, which landed on his left wrist, causing an avulsion and arterial damage. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Axis | Al | TMS International | Foot (feet) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was coupling rail cars when an unknown object struck his left foot penetrating his leather boot and causing a laceration/puncture injury to his left foot. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Vernon | Tx | James Lane Air Conditioning and Plumbing | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
| An employee was operating an excavator. While extending the tracks, the excavator tipped over and landed on top of an employee's left foot. The impact ripped the leather of his steel toed boots just above the steel and resulted in broken toes. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | Martinsburg | Pennsylvania | H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had been using a trimming machine with a 1-inch-diameter radial blade to trim off excess leather shoe material. While he was moving a case of finished trimmed work, the blade nipped his left middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations. | |||||
| 2020-04-21 | Tampa | Florida | Cox Wholesale Seafood, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a motorized drain auger to unclog a machine. A spinning spiral mechanism (which turned the auger) caught his thick leather glove and cut off the tip of his right ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-02-18 | Lake Dallas | Texas | Evolutions Brands, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a leather machine to trim excess leather off a shoe when the machine became jammed. While the employee was trying to remove the leather, the machine gears struck the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2019-06-21 | Gainesville | Florida | All Florida Electric Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee and his coworker were lowering a 10-foot long, 3-inch conduit steel pipe to be installed at the ceiling part of the tunnel when the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the end of the pipe and a fixed ladder located at the west wall of the tunnel. He suffered the amputation of his right pinky fingertip without bone loss. Leather gloves were worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-06-11 | Dewitt | Arkansas | Belleville Shoe South, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 11, 2019, an employee was using a powered press to heat-press leather sheets together. The machine crushed the employee's left ring finger as it closed. The finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-03-06 | Waunakee | Wisconsin | Endres Manufacturing Company | Hand(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was about to preheat 1-inch carbon steel with an oxygen/propylene torch. The torch caught fire, and the heat caused second-degree burns to the employee's hand through the leather glove. | |||||
| 2018-08-01 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | PRECISION PARTS AND REMANUFACTURING CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a belt sander to sand down a sharp edge from a piece of metal he had just cut. The belt caught a piece of the sharp steel, causing the employee to move forward. He was wearing leather gloves while sanding and as the metal was pulled in between the rest plate and sanding belt, it caught the glove, pulling his left thumb in between the metal piece and sanding belt. His left thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-09 | Whiteman Air Force Base | Missouri | US Dept of Defense/ USAF 509 Bomb Wing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were replacing the double block-and-bleed valve on an aircraft fuel check-out stand when one employee's finger became caught between the pipeline valve and the stationary pipe. The injured employee was wearing leather gloves. The left middle finger was de-gloved and later received a partial medical amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-07 | Agawam | Massachusett | SIX FLAGS NEW ENGLAND | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting insulation on a large diameter wire to repair an amusement ride when the knife slipped out and deeply lacerated his left wrist just above the leather work gloves he was wearing. | |||||
| 2018-01-30 | Waskom | Texas | Progress Rail | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was using an oxy/fuel gas cutting torch to dismantle a railcar when a small pinhole developed in the oxygen line near where the hoses meet the torch, causing a leak. Oxygen then migrated up the employee's sleeve inside his protective leather-cutting jacket and ignited. He received second and third degree burns on his right shoulder, armpit, and upper chest. | |||||
| 2017-10-01 | Saratoga Springs | New York | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a leather sewing machine when a cardboard guard dropped off the machine. As he reached to the floor to pick it up, his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated in the drive belt where the cardboard guard had been. | |||||
| 2017-08-18 | Hillsboro | Ohio | SEAL TITE LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 8/18/2017, an employee was operating a sheet metal electric power rotary beading and crimping machine to make collars. The employee's leather glove was caught between the roller and the crimping of the machine wheel, and the left index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-04-30 | Mosinee | Wisconsin | Expera Specialty Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee and two coworkers were manually tensioning a belt on a belt drive when his left thumb was pulled into the in-running nip point created between the belt and the sieve, amputating his thumb above the first knuckle. He was wearing leather gloves at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-03-20 | Adairsville | Georgia | LG Hausys America, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 20, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., an employee was guiding a sample leather sheet through the roller machine. The employee's hands were pulled into the machine and caught between the top and lower rollers resulting in a fractured right thumb and fractured metacarpals in both hands including lacerations, abrasions and contusions to both hands. | |||||
| 2017-03-17 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Cambridge-Lee Industries, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a moving roller when the rag got caught in the roller pulling the employee's left hand into the roller and partially amputating the middle finger. The employee was wearing leather gloves at the time. | |||||
| 2017-01-06 | Webster Springs | West Virgini | The Jim C. Hamer Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 6, 2017, at approximately 6:00 p.m., an employee was injured while working at the cant deck in the resaw area. Standing near four motor driven chains, the employee noted two 6-8 inch cants that were not laying flat. Wearing leather gloves, the employee adjusted the cants when his left thumb became jammed between the chain and one cant, resulting in amputation of the tip of his thumb. | |||||
| 2016-08-05 | Cumberland | Rhode Island | CUMBERLAND FOUNDRY COMPANY, INC. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was tipping over (breaking open) a mold that contained liquid molten iron. The molten iron came in contact with the cuff of his leather glove and traveled down the inside of his glove to the palm and fingers, burning his hand. | |||||
| 2016-05-03 | Ridgedale | Missouri | XYLEM DEWATERING SOLUTIONNS | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The employee was using lifting chains while putting a submersible pump in place. The lifting chain caught a hold of his right leather glove and pulled a finger into the lifting chains. The right middle finger was pinched between chain and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-04-28 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Wayne Crouse Inc | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee had his left forearm leaning against a pipe for support while making a weld. Slag became wedged between the pipe and his protective leathers allowing heat to radiate through the leathers. The employee suffered second degree burns to his left forearm. | |||||
| 2016-03-22 | Kenner | Louisiana | PELLERIN MILNOR CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| An employee was showing a second employee how to install a drive shaft onto a rotor plate. The drive shaft had to be aligned and seated onto the rotor plate by using a leather mallet and striking the drive shaft repeatedly. While attempting to stabilize the drive shaft, the second employee placed his index finger on the end of the shaft. The first employee struck the second employee's finger against the drive shaft with the leather mallet, crushing his left index finger, which had to be surgical | |||||
| 2016-03-10 | Ocala | Florida | Big Dunnrite Roofing, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| An employee was helping his foreman crank an electrical generator. The generator's pull starter started whipping around and broke off from the motor's plastic cover. As he tried to turn off the kill switch, the pull starter wrapped around his left thumb and amputated it. He was wearing leather gloves at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Panama City | Florida | National Boiler Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing a bearing in a space heater when his leather glove was caught at the edge of the separator bar (the rotating mechanism inside of the heater) as it turned. His right thumb was caught between the separator bar and the outer shroud (the heater's fan with a filtration system) and was amputated from the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-02-05 | Latham | New York | PK Welding LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| On 2/5/16 at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was loading four-inch black pipe onto a truck rack. The employee was securing the pipe into straps and a pipe rolled back onto his hands. The employee was wearing leather work gloves. The pipe crushed his right middle finger on his right hand resulting in a hairline fracture and laceration requiring sutures. The employee was later hospitalized for treatment of an infection. | |||||
| 2015-12-04 | Houston | Texas | Merchants Metals LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On Friday 12/4/2015, at 6 pm, an employee was scooping flux from a galvanized zinc kettle. As he was putting the excess flux into a 55-gallon drum, the hot flux boiled up and popped. The splash from the flux went down into his leather glove, resulting in second degree burns on the left hand and wrist. | |||||
| 2015-11-07 | Middletown | Pennsylvania | Exelon Generation | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| Employees were installing H beams when one employee felt a static shock through his leather gloves. He was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation. | |||||
| 2015-09-18 | Marshfield | Wisconsin | Weinbrenner Shoe Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee received a partial amputation to the right middle finger while clearing a jam on the Skive Machine (leather trimmer). | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Saint Louis | Missouri | Hermann Oaks Leather Co. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While attempting to free a jammed leather piece from a mechanical press, an employee's left arm was crushed when the press activated. His arm was surgically amputated at the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Rochester | New York | Jam Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| A worker was wearing leather work gloves and cutting aluminum bar stock on a horizontal band saw. His hand contacted the moving saw blade and was pulled in causing an amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-08-24 | Harahan | Louisiana | National Maintenance & Repair | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was welding inside of a wing tank for about 30 - 40 minutes. He came out of the void at about 1500 hours feeling lethargic and weak and was assisted to the cool down area. The employee left the cool down area and went to the office where the decision was made to take him to the hospital. He was diagnosed with heat illness and treated with fluids. He was officially admitted to the hospital at about 2000 hours. The injured employee was wearing leathers, a welding shield, and glove | |||||
| 2015-06-03 | Park Hills | Missouri | LEE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On 06/03/2015, around 2:00 P.M., an employee was wearing rubber gloves while handling adhesives in the facility. The employee finished handling the adhesives and went to cut metal pipe banding. As the metal banding was cut, it retracted to the floor and bounced up, cutting the employee at the knuckle on the right middle finger. Company-provided leather gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. The employee was later hospitalized for a possible infection and received antibiotics. | |||||
| 2015-02-21 | Avon Lake | Ohio | Robinson Pipe Services, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was hospitalized due to an injury sustained when the spray from a power washer contacted his boot, causing a severe laceration. The employee was wearing leather work boots. | |||||
| 2015-02-12 | Columbus | Kentucky | Ingram Barge Company | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| On or about 2/12/2015, an employee working for Ingram Barge Company at 78 Riverside Drive in Columbus, Kentucky, was hospitalized for burns to his left side, from his armpit to his waist. The burns resulted when a spark from welding underneath a barge on the dry dock went under his leather welding jacket and caught his shirt on fire. | |||||