| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-17 | Titusville | Pennsylvania | Grand Valley Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was driving a forklift with a hopper attached to the forks. The hopper was full of metal chips. The employee then parked the forklift, released the hopper's dump mechanism, and dumped the hopper's contents into a large receptacle. As the employee moved the hopper back into the upright position, his left hand was caught at the point where the hopper latches into the upright position and the hopper crushed his left middle finger. The finger was amputated from the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-02-22 | New Britain | Connecticut | Creed-Monarch, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee got two metal chips imbedded into his toe. The toe was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2018-07-23 | Burlington | Wisconsin | LDV, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was clearing metal chips or shavings from a horizontal band saw cutting table when his gloved hand made contact with the saw blade. His hand was pulled into the blade and drive wheel, resulting in an amputation of his right pinky finger at approximately the second joint. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | Fulton | Missouri | Danuser Machine Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was moving a chip cart to a chip pit to have the metal chips dumped when the employee fell approximately 3 feet into the pit, landing on a bin. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger, bruising, and a possible broken rib. | |||||
| 2017-05-23 | New Castle | Pennsylvania | Superior Forge and Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a band saw. The employee stopped to use an air gun to blow excess metal chips from the area when his glove was caught on the running saw blade. His right hand was pulled into the saw blade, amputating his index finger. | |||||
| 2017-02-14 | Racine | Wisconsin | Hydraulic Fittings, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a screw machine to make pipe fittings when some metal chips jammed the machine. As the employee attempted to clear the chips, the machine crushed the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2016-07-08 | Attleboro | Massachusett | Leach Garner | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was brushing metal chips off a horizontal band saw when the saw blade amputated his index finger. The band saw was partially guarded and running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-05-11 | Arlington | Texas | PROGRESSIVE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was transporting a container filled with metal chips using a forklift. When he attempted to pull the handle on the hopper, his left finger was crushed between the handle and the forklift mast, resulting in a partial amputation halfway through the fingernail. | |||||
| 2016-02-12 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Mid-States Oilfield Machine, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating a vertical milling machine was brushing metal chips away while wearing gloves. The tip of the glove and the employee's left index finger became caught in the machine's drill bit, amputating the finger. | |||||
| 2015-06-16 | Williston | Florida | A & N Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| An employee was squatting and bending down to reach scrap metal chips from underneath the CNC machine and pinched nerve. He was treated at the hospital. | |||||