| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-05 | Houston | Tx | Reaction Group Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working on a machine that filters concrete into smaller pieces by tapping the outside of a feeder box with a rubber mallet. He then opened the door at the bottom of the feeder box and was unclogging the filter when the rotating paddles amputated two of his fingers. | |||||
| 2021-02-16 | Lockport | Ny | GENERAL MOTORS COMPONENTS HOLDINGS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was removing a core block with a 30-pound copper hand mallet and sustained the amputation of their right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-13 | Birdsboro | Pennsylvania | Reitnouer, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to separate two wheel wells with a chisel and a mallet. The wheel wells came back and struck the employee's finger, causing a split finger and an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-11 | Quincy | Illinois | Prince Minerals LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee bagging material at the 200-cubic foot mixing station was clearing a jam in the dust collector using a mallet. While bracing his body with the left hand, he contacted the rotary airlock resulting in the amputation of the left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 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 | |||||