Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-26 | Clifton Park | Ny | Repligen Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding a silicone milling machine when their hand was pulled into the milling rolls, resulting in an avulsion of their hand that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-10-19 | Du Quoin | Il | Illinois Premium Extracts LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out the dust collector for a milling machine and sustained amputations to their right middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Littlestown | Pa | Littlestown Foundry, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a vertical milling machine when the machine caught the glove on her right hand. The glove became wrapped around the rotating bit resulting in amputation of her right middle finger. | |||||
2021-06-02 | Prospect | Ct | Oxford General Industries Inc | Head | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was operating a milling machine and pressure-testing finished parts. As the employee tested a part, an upper piece of the test fixture separated and struck the employee's head causing a laceration. | |||||
2021-05-25 | Leeds | Al | Hubbell Power Systems, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a manual milling machine when his right hand was caught in a mill bit. His ring and pinky fingers were amputated. | |||||
2021-04-06 | Lafayette | La | Prairie Contractors, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was putting down temporary reflectorized striping tape during milling operations. A vehicle ran through the work zone, striking a motorized boom and then striking the employee who was following behind the motorized boom. The employee sustained a broken leg. | |||||
2021-03-01 | Osceola | Wi | F&M Plastics, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On March 1, 2021, an employee was feeding parts into a milling machine when his right hand and fingers were pulled into the machine, resulting in injuries that required surgery. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Simsbury | Ct | Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine when it amputated his fingertip at the first knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-21 | Mesquite | Tx | MORRISON PRODUCTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was resurfacing a tool on a milling machine. The machine bit caught his right-hand glove and pulled in his ring finger. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
2021-01-05 | Kansas City | Mo | Blount International Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was working in the milling department when a clamp caught their right ring finger causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2020-10-20 | Houston | Tx | UTLX Manufacturing, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine when his hand was caught in the machine, resulting in the amputation of the employee's right hand. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Franklin | Wi | R.A. Smith, Inc. | Pelvic region | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
A road was being prepared for new asphalt. Another contractor was milling down existing asphalt and then running a sweeper machine to push the loose asphalt to the middle of the road so it could be picked up. An employee was inspecting the work by measuring the depth of the milling operation when the street sweeper backed up and struck him. The employee sustained injuries to the pelvic area. | |||||
2020-10-18 | Kansas City | Ks | Superior Bowen | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a piece of asphalt milling equipment on a highway. The mill struck a vehicle in a live lane of traffic and the employee suffered whiplash and contusions. | |||||
2020-10-03 | Jonesboro | Ar | Agri Marketing Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a rice milling machine and caught his left hand in the auger resulting in fractured bones in the hand and wrist and amputation of the left index finger. | |||||
2020-09-29 | El Paso | Tx | Dustrol Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was preparing to lift the averaging arm on a milling machine and place it in the locked position so the milling machine could back up and get into position to start a new cut on asphalt. The milling machine started backing up. Another employee grabbed the averaging arm by the end to help the first employee; it raised unbalanced, the opposite end teetered, stuck into the asphalt surface, and the end the second employee was holding lifted. The employee's right index and middle fingers | |||||
2020-09-08 | Leeds | Al | Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was milling beveled washers on a manual milling machine. As the employee was adjusting the washer, his left glove was caught by the shaft. His left pinky finger was lacerated and dislocated requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-07-31 | Tiffin | Ohio | Webster Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee working on a milling machine placed a round bushing into the fixture-activated pneumatic hold-down. The clamp came down and partially amputated her left index finger. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Buffalo | New York | Donegal Construction Corporation | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee was hanging a piece of rubber matting on the right rear corner of a milling machine. The track on the machine ran over her right foot, fracturing it and smashing the toes. | |||||
2019-08-23 | Burnsville | Mississippi | VLRV, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was changing air hoses on a milling machine and had loaded wood to run through the machine. While pushing the wood through the milling machine, the employee's right hand fingers were struck by the rotating sharper head and the employee suffered amputation of 1/3 of the third digit and amputation of the second digit underneath the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-08-07 | Eolia | Missouri | American Botanicals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was feeding sassafras leaves into a hammer mill when the bottom of the cyclone dust collector connected to the milling machine became clogged. While clearing the clog, her hand was caught in the rotating impeller of the cyclone dust collector. All fingers on the right hand, except the thumb, were amputated near the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOWS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While drilling out a part in a milling machine, an employee's glove got caught in the drill bit resulting in amputation of the left index finger just past the nailbed. | |||||
2019-07-16 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was boring holes using a milling machine, along the bottom of an amphibious transport dock ship. He was also checking alignment measurements on the intermediate strut of the ship. He stepped down from an upper level work platform and fell to a catwalk below. The employee then rolled under the bottom railing of the catwalk and fell 8 feet to a concrete surface. He sustained broken ribs, a fractured right wrist, and a head laceration. | |||||
2019-06-22 | Byram | Mississippi | NCI Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A maintenance employee was completing work on a metal shaft that was in a milling machine. The employee turned the milling equipment on and was polishing the end of the rotating shaft with a piece of emery cloth. During the process, his glove or the emery cloth wrapped around the rotating shaft, pulling his hand onto the shaft. He suffered a dislocation to his left little finger, as well as an avulsion and partial amputation to a left distal fingertip. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Mount Storm | West Virgini | West Virginia Paving, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway |
An employee was offloading a road milling machine from a lowboy trailer when it fell off the trailer and tipped over. The employee was thrown from the machine and struck his head on a parked asphalt roller. He received a head laceration, injured elbow, and three broken ribs. | |||||
2019-04-08 | Newark | Delaware | Harmony Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee had reached down to pick up debris from a milling operation. A dump truck rolled over his right hand as it backed up, causing compound fractures of two fingers. | |||||
2019-03-04 | Carol Stream | Illinois | FIC AMERICA CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine to surface grind a plastic block. Their gloved left hand became entangled in the bit and pulled into the machine resulting in amputation of the left thumb at the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-02-11 | Colmar | Pennsylvania | DORMAN PRODUCTS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine when their glove was caught in the machine resulting in amputation of a thumb. | |||||
2019-01-31 | Canon City | Colorado | Interroll Engineering | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running a vertical milling machine. During the milling process, he was brushing away particles (swarf) near the cutting surface when his glove became caught while the mill was still cutting. The machine then pulled the glove and his left pinky fingertip from his hand, amputating it to the first knuckle. | |||||
2019-01-31 | Russellville | Arkansas | MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee working on a milling machine was replacing a chip transfer tube when his right index finger contacted the milling head, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Central Islip | New York | ASCENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's hand was caught in the screw feed of a milling machine. One of his fingertips was amputated. | |||||
2019-01-22 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Action Manufacturing Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was putting a part into a milling machine when a pneumatic vise closed on the employee's fourth fingertip. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Bradenton | Florida | Turtle Southeast, LLC. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking next to a milling machine when it ran over his right foot. Amputating his foot and ankle. | |||||
2018-08-16 | Olive Branch | Mississippi | LEHMAN-ROBERTS COMPANY | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
On August 16, 2018, an employee was using a shovel to help a motor grader operator clean off the road in preparation for milling when he was struck by a dump truck, fracturing his right tibia and pelvis. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-08-10 | Waterman | Illinois | Production Cutting Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unloading a part from a vertical milling machine when the employee's fingers were caught between the part and the table, resulting in right ring and pinky finger amputations. | |||||
2018-08-08 | Sunrise | Florida | General Asphalt Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was repairing the front tie rod of a milling machine that broke. He was trying to put the rod together to align it when the end yoke moved and hit his left hand, fracturing his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2018-08-02 | Birmingham | Alabama | Superior Mason Products LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a milling machine when the employee's glove was caught in the rollers, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Big Cabin | Oklahoma | BECCO CONTRACTORS, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was unloading asphalt milling onto a state highway from a dump truck. The dump truck rolled over onto the driver's side and the employee sustained fractured ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
2018-07-14 | West Haven | Connecticut | MacDermid Enthone Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
At about 11:00 a.m. on July 14, 2018, an employee was cleaning the front/feed roll of a three-roll mill after milling a batch. He was scraping the front roll using a metal spatula, 10 inches long with a 4-inch blade. He had finished cleaning the left side and center of the front roll and had started cleaning the right side of the roll, applying pressure to the spatula with his right hand and using his left hand to support his right hand. He suffered amputations to the left ring and pinky fingers | |||||
2018-07-11 | Lodi | Ohio | Karvo Paving Company | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was working on the ground at an active job site when a reversing milling machine ran over the employee's left foot. The machine continued running up his leg to approximately his hip. His left foot and leg were crushed, with damage to the left hip and amputation of the left leg from the knee down. He also suffered a fractured right leg and hip. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Thomasville | Georgia | Turbine Engine Components Technologies Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was setting up and adjusting a milling machine. While one of the machine's gearbox doors was open, the machine activated and the gearbox pinched the employee's left thumb, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-05-23 | Houston | Texas | Old Castle Building Envelope | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was milling a piece of aluminum with an end mill machine. The employee was raising the drill bit up when the employee's glove was pulled into the machine, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-05-01 | Warren | Pennsylvania | Superior Tire & Rubber Corp. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was cleaning out the track pad on a milling machine using a wire brush. As he moved the wire brush, his glove became caught in the machine and his arm was pulled into the machine. He fractured his right forearm and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-04-23 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | McClarian Plastics LLC. | Skull | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning out debris around a fixture when he came in contact with a milling bit, puncturing his skull. The bit was guarded at the time. | |||||
2018-04-19 | West Palm Beach | Florida | RANGER CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, INC. | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee was riding on the back of a truck as part of an escort crew for milling equipment on a road construction project. The truck stopped and the employee was ejected, hitting his head on the pavement. | |||||
2018-02-20 | Buffalo | New York | Prince Rubber & Plastics Co. Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a rubber milling/mixing machine when his left hand became caught in the mill. He was able to remove it, but the skin was separated from his hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-01-16 | Edwards | New York | Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was assisting with the rough cutting (milling) of lumber when the employee's right hand contacted the saw blade, amputating the thumb tip and index finger to the first joint. | |||||
2017-09-11 | West Babylon | New York | AMERICAN METAL SPINNING PROD., INC. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting metal with a milling machine when the cutting blade lacerated his arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Mico | Texas | H.L. CHAPMAN PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION CO. | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was operating a milling machine when the engine compartment caught fire. The employee had to go through the fire to exit the machine, suffering first and second degree burns to the left and right forearms, a wrist, and face. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Newport News | Virginia | Huntington Ingalls Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At approximately 9:10 AM, an employee was milling rubber using a milling machine. As he was feeding rubber into the machine, his right hand was pulled into the area between the two rollers. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of his right ring finger, and avulsions to his right index and middle fingers. | |||||
2017-07-31 | Newington | Connecticut | Reno Machine Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was doing milling work on a part using a milling machine when his right thumb was caught and partially amputated. | |||||
2017-07-17 | Houston | Texas | Unique System, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a milling machine to make a metal part when a shaving from the part caught his glove and pulled his hand into the machine, amputating his right ring finger. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-07-05 | Coffeyville | Kansas | Bartlett Milling Company | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was riding a manlift on the top floor of a milling area. He missed a step while dismounting the manlift and fell to the landing floor, injuring his ankle. | |||||
2017-06-14 | Athens | Georgia | Kirkhill Acquisition Corporation | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was milling rubber and while lifting the rubber from the pan, his glove became stuck and his arm contacted the hot rubber at 300 °F. The employee suffered third degree burns and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-10 | Lincoln | Alabama | Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine when his glove was caught in the rotating bit, fracturing his left thumb. | |||||
2017-05-30 | Bridgeville | Pennsylvania | Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was working on a milling machine using an overhead crane to flip a bloom bar. The bar struck the employee's legs, causing a laceration and two hairline fractures in his right ankle and left leg. | |||||
2017-04-28 | Lancaster | New York | Moldtech, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine when their glove became caught in the machine. They sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb. | |||||
2017-04-28 | Jefferson City | Missouri | ABB Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was modifying a slide for a winder on an end milling machine when the employee's right little finger contacted the machine and was dislocated. | |||||
2017-04-19 | Elyria | Ohio | ALCO MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 19, 2017, an employee suffered a hand degloving after it was caught in the point of operation of a milling machine during a maintenance activity. | |||||
2017-03-27 | Waukesha | Wisconsin | SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee and a coworker were positioning a wood panel on the bed of a milling machine when the coworker turned on the milling machine vacuum system. The vacuum sucked the wood panel down into the milling machine, and the panel pinched and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip between it and the milling machine bed. | |||||
2017-01-27 | North Aurora | Illinois | Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC* | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a horizontal milling machine when his right arm was caught by the spindle blade and severely lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-19 | Sturtevant | Wisconsin | Andis Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running a milling machine when a software glitch allowed the machine's clamp to close on and amputate the employee's fingertip. | |||||
2016-10-20 | Grenada | Mississippi | Luvata Grenada, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right ring fingertip was amputated while operating a vertical milling machine. | |||||
2016-09-22 | Stanton | Delaware | Diamond Materials, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Vehicle struck object or animal in roadway |
An employee was operating a backhoe, shoveling milling material off the road, when the shovel became caught on a manhole road protrusion. This contact jarred the backhoe and the employee with great force, causing a liver injury where the seat belt connection contacted the employee near the right abdominal area. | |||||
2016-09-13 | Greenwich | Ohio | Lakepark Industries, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about September 13, 2016, an employee was operating the small milling machine when his glove snagged on the millings and his hand was caught in the rotating tool at the point of operation. He suffered right-hand fractures and lacerations that required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-08-25 | Brocton | New York | Carbon Graphite Materials Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee operating a milling machine was hospitalized with a broken leg after being struck by the door of the machine. | |||||
2016-04-12 | Hartford | Illinois | NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a horizontal milling machine to cut a cap for an engine when the employee's right hand was amputated. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Lynn | Massachusett | General Electric Aviation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was tapping a part on a milling machine when his glove became caught on the rotating tap. His left thumb was partially amputated under his 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. | |||||
2016-02-11 | Carthage | Missouri | PARKSIDE MACHINE & FABRICATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using an end milling machine while wearing gloves. The machine caught the employee's glove and amputated the left-hand index finger. | |||||
2016-01-25 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Columbia Lighting | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine while wearing gloves when the machine bit lacerated the employee's fingertip. The tip was surgically amputated. | |||||
2016-01-24 | East Peoria | Illinois | ATS Global, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was installing a part in a milling machine using an air hoist. While lowering the part the last inch, the hoist came down and the part dropped, fracturing and partially amputating the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
2015-12-17 | Derry | New Hampshir | Intelitek Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was hospitalized after suffering injuries to both arms while operating a milling machine. | |||||
2015-12-14 | Billerica | Massachusett | GE Infrastructure Sensing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a vertical milling machine when his glove got caught between a part and a drill bit. His left thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
2015-12-07 | La Porte | Texas | Mechanical Repair & Engineering | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee working on a milling machine cut his hand between the thumb and first finger. The cut went to the wrist. | |||||
2015-11-30 | Yonkers | New York | Yonkers Contracting Co. | Coccygeal region | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
An employee was backing up the milling machine and struck another employee that was sweeping the road. The employee suffered a fractured tail bone. | |||||
2015-11-12 | Mc Guire Afb | New Jersey | U.S. Airforce 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a milling machine when the feed bar slipped through the rotation and hit his hand, de-gloving his right thumb and fracturing his index finger. | |||||
2015-10-22 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | CinchSeal Associates | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated two digits on the left ring finger while operating a milling machine. | |||||
2015-08-31 | Tupelo | Mississippi | Leggett & Platt Components Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was wearing work gloves while operating a vertical milling machine to fabricate a tube. The employee attempted to adjust the tube in the machine with his left hand when his work glove got caught on a set screw. His left little fingertip was amputated; there was no bone loss. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Omaha | Nebraska | Dustrol, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A worker was standing beside a milling machine. His right foot got too close to the milling head and the machine ran over it causing severe lacerations. | |||||
2015-08-23 | Greenville | Texas | L-3 Communications | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee amputated the fourth and fifth fingertips of the right hand while working on a milling machine. | |||||
2015-07-28 | Glen Ellyn | Illinois | M & R Printing Equipment, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On July 28, 2015 and approximately at 1:30 p.m., a welder was operating a milling machine in the machine shop to fabricate two sheet metal pieces for a printing press (screen printing industry). His left hand middle fingertip became caught in the two sheet metal pieces and a running drill bit of the equipment. | |||||
2015-07-20 | Brooksville | Florida | DAB CONSTRUCTORS | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was performing milling work, taking up asphalt. The employee was struck by a semi-truck making a right turn. | |||||
2015-05-21 | Sarasota | Florida | GATOR STAMPING INTERNATIONAL, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On May 21, 2015, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was running the milling machine when his glove got caught in the milling cutter, amputating his right index finger. | |||||
2015-03-24 | Houma | Louisiana | Energy Services International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on a horizontal milling machine when the employee's finger got caught between the rotating chuck and the metal stationary platform. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2015-03-21 | Saint Charles | Illinois | Wise Plastics Technologies, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
On March 21, 2015, an employee suffered an amputation from a milling machine. |