DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-09-08PortsmouthVaNorfolk Naval ShipyardFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was deburring a 1-inch carbon steel pipe on a lathe for weld practice. The employee was polishing the outside diameter of the pipe using emery cloth. The employee was straddling the pipe, with one hand on each end of the cloth, when the rotating pipe pulled in the employee's glove and right hand. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
2021-09-03IrvinePaEllwood National ForgeFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a 3/4" x 13 1/4" steel shaft in a lathe using emery paper. The emery paper got caught around the workpiece and the employee's right ring finger was amputated.
2021-05-21StowOhRefuse Materials, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Three employees were polishing the concrete floor in the back break room and were overcome with carbon monoxide (CO) from the compressor that was used in that room. One employee was hospitalized for CO poisoning.
2021-01-20Panama CityFlBerg Pipe Panama City CorpFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing an aluminum pipe in a lathe with an emery cloth when his glove got caught in the lathe chuck, pulling him into the lathe. The employee suffered fractures to his left arm above the wrist, a laceration on his left ear, and an amputation of his left thumb.
2020-07-28EffinghamIllinoisPeerless of America II IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a polishing cloth to clean aluminum tubes after they were cut by the automatic circular saw. As the employee was moving aluminum tubing down the finishing table air that was blowing from a fan flipped a corner of the polishing cloth that was in his hand under the saw guard. The saw then pulled in the cloth and the employee's right index finger was amputated.
2020-06-26SunriseFloridaModerno Porcelain WorksEye(s)Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was about to polish a work piece using a grinding tool, with a Velcro-attached polishing pad. When the tool was started, the pad separated and hit the employee's left eye.
2020-05-08MoneeIllinoisWhiting Corporation Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On May 8, 2020, an employee was operating a lathe and polishing a tube using an emery cloth when the employee's right-hand glove came in contact with the rotating part and pulled the employee's hand into the lathe. As a result, the index and middle fingers on the right hand were amputated.
2020-05-04GreeleyColoradoBurrows Enterprises, LLCArm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a metal drive shaft attached to a manual lathe. His rubber glove got caught and the lathe twisted his arm, breaking it.
2020-02-10MansfieldTexasMaxcess AmericaShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a roll on a grinding lathe and contacted the headstock of the lathe, resulting in lacerations and a fractured left shoulder.
2019-07-24KenoshaWisconsinBradshaw Medical, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a small stainless steel part when their glove was caught in the spindle of the polishing machine resulting in amputation of the right middle finger.
2019-06-22ByramMississippiNCI 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.
2019-05-16Grand ForksNorth DakotaSteffes, LLCWrist(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a rod using an emery cloth and a lathe. The employee's left hand was caught in the lathe resulting in a fractured wrist.
2019-05-05SewarenNew JerseyPSEG Power LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a tool on the engine lathe and his finger got caught.
2019-01-29HoustonTexasGulf Coast Modification L.P.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a pipe with sandpaper. His right index finger was lodged in a hole in the pipe while it was turning and fractured. His finger was surgically amputated.
2019-01-24ProvidenceRhode IslandIra Green Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a polishing machine when the polishing wheel caught his gloved right hand. The tip of his middle finger was amputated.
2018-08-09GilfordNew HampshirHoward Precision, Inc.Forearm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a part on a lathe with sandpaper when the glove she was wearing was caught on the part and pulled her left arm into the lathe, resulting in a left arm amputation at the elbow.
2018-08-06WhitsettTexasC.C. Forbes, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was part of a five-person crew that was removing a polishing rod when the clamp that holds the stuffing box failed, causing the stuffing box to catch the employee's hands against the clamp and stuffing box. The employee's right thumb was crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-05-14New YorkNew YorkSeymour Torem Jewelry PolishersFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a polishing wheel and amputated a fingertip.
2018-04-18MarionArkansasHino Motors Manufacturing USA, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was using polishing paper to polish the rotating shaft on a lathe machine when her right-hand fingers were pinched by the polishing paper and her wrist was pulled down into the rotating shaft. Her right wrist was fractured and three digits were de-gloved.
2018-01-04EuclidOhioH.C. Starck Inc. Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a metal bar on a manual lathe with an emery cloth when the cloth became caught around the rotating bar, consecutively catching the employee's glove. The lathe was rotating at 566 rpm at the time of the incident. The employee's right index finger was amputated to the first knuckle.
2017-10-17WaupacaWisconsinWaupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 17, 2017, an employee was polishing a part on a manual lathe with an emery cloth while wearing gloves. The emery cloth or glove became entangled in the lathe's rotating part, and the employee's right middle finger was partially amputated.
2017-10-04FultonMississippiMuller Cooper Tube Company, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a polishing machine to sand down a steel rod when his left hand was caught in the rotating sand paper, amputating his pinky finger at the knuckle.
2017-07-17GainesvilleGeorgiaORBITAL ENERGY SERVICES CORP.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
While polishing a throttle valve stem in front of a CNC lathe, an employee was caught in the machine, suffering left arm fractures, a pinky finger amputation, and damage to other left-hand fingers.
2017-04-28MarionNew YorkParker Hannifin CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a part on a manual lathe while wearing cut gloves, when his glove became caught on the fixture and he suffered amputation of the right pinky finger.
2017-03-31TwinsburgOhioDesco Machine Company LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a shaft with an emery cloth while the shaft was spinning in a lathe when the emery cloth caught on a bur and pulled his right thumb into the machine, partially amputating it.
2017-03-17ConroeTexasA.W. Chesterton CompanyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a manual lathe to polish a small pin used in mold manufacturing. He was polishing the rotating pin using a piece of sandpaper. The glove on his middle right finger got caught by the rotating part pulling his hand in resulting in amputation of the right middle finger and a broken ring finger.
2016-10-19LevellandTexasZJ Falcon LPFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was stacking rods to space out a pump. His finger was caught between the polishing rod and load cell resulting in the traumatic amputation of the distal and middle phalanx at the proximal interphalangeal joint of the right index finger.
2016-09-21ChicopeeMassachusettU.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLCNonclassifiableContact with hot objects or substances
On September 21, 2016, an employee was hospitalized after receiving burn injuries while operating a tempering/polishing machine.
2016-06-30Pell CityAlabamaWKW Erbsloeh North America, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was anodizing parts on a polishing machine when the part jerked, breaking the employee's left thumb and pinky finger.
2016-05-31ShreveportLouisianaDXP ENTERPRISES, INC. Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was resizing a spider OD on a lathe and polishing it when his left index finger was caught in the machine.
2016-05-12Green BayWisconsinPaper Converting Machine CompanyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On May 12, 2016, an employee was operating a drill press to perform a polishing operation when his hand became caught between drill press and the part he was polishing, amputating his middle and ring fingers. He was wearing cut-resistant gloves at the time of the incident.
2016-01-25HammondWisconsinGuy Metals IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
At approximately 2:30 p.m., on 1/25/16, an employee operating a metal polishing machine lifted a curtain to wipe down the feed rollers on the machine. The employee's left-hand little finger was caught between the feed roller and the metal plate and had to be surgically amputated at the second knuckle.
2015-12-01HoustonTexasGrocers Supply Company Foot (feet)Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was picking up trash and polishing bollards at the loading dock. A coworker was also using the same dock to load groceries into a freight trailer. The coworker was using a standup forklift and did not see the employee. When the employee stepped out of the bollard area, the coworker's forklift ran over and crushed his left foot.
2015-11-19NewarkNew JerseyUnited Airlines, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a four inch bar in a lathe. The soft emery paper got caught around the rotating bar and crushed the employee's fingers.
2015-11-05Oklahoma CityOklahomaPrime ConduitFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was turning a shaft on a lathe and polishing it with an emery cloth. The employee's glove got caught in the lathe pulling the employee's left hand into the machine and amputating the left middle fingertip and crushing the index and ring fingertips.
2015-09-14Fall RiverMassachusettSteward Health Care System LLCLumbar regionOverexertion and bodily reaction
An employee received a severe compression fracture to his back (L1) while buffing a floor. The employee had been polishing the floors near the end of the shift and felt the sudden onset of severe back pain causing him to fall backwards.
2015-08-10HoustonTexasCOFLEXIP Products DivisionArm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using an emery cloth to hand polishing a part being rotated by a manual horizontal lathe. The cloth was caught by the rotating part which pulled the employee's arm into the machine.
2015-08-03ShreveportLouisianaLibbey Glass, INC.Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersOther exertions or bodily reactions
An employee was performing maintenance on a polishing machine. The employee was opening the plate/platform to get inside the machine to remove a part. After stepping in the open area of the machine, the employee felt a sharp pain/burning sensation in the right abdomen area. The employee suffered a hernia.
2015-07-30Colorado SpringsColoradoVolt Information SciencesHand(s) and arm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a 3-inch diameter part on a lathe when her hands and arms were drawn in and injured. She was hospitalized.
2015-06-08ConroeTexasAxon Energy ProductsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a rotating part in a CNC lathe. The glove he was wearing got caught, amputating his middle finger, lacerating his ring finger, and breaking his pinky finger. He was hospitalized.
2015-06-04Pell CityAlabamaWKW Erbsloeh North America, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Nonclassifiable
An employee working in the wheel polishing department suffered an injury, resulting in a left thumb amputation and a left middle finger fracture.
2015-06-03RomeNew YorkHubbard Tool & Die Corp.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a tool on a polishing lathe when a finger slipped inward resulting in a right index finger injury. The finger was amputated below the first knuckle at the hospital.
2015-05-14HoustonTexasTenarisHand(s) and arm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A maintenance employee was working on a lathe in the machine shop. He needed to remove a rust spot on the shaft after beveling it. Wearing gloves, he began removing the rust by placing a small piece of sand paper over the area as the shaft turned on the lathe (polishing). The glove got caught in the rotating shaft, which pulled the employee into the machine and amputated his left pinky finger, broke his left arm, and stretched his wrist tendons. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2015-05-04Plymouth MeetingPennsylvaniaMarkel CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee in the machine shop was polishing an in-house die on a horizontal lathe when the employee's finger got caught on the chuck/die and was pulled in. The finger was dislocated.
2015-04-02RochesterNew YorkGeneral Motors Components Holdings Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a piece of a metal rod in a lathe. The employee's right hand got pulled into the lathe, amputating the ends of the two middle fingers.
2015-02-27Little RockArkansasCameron Valves and Measurements, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Employee was polishing stem using two feet of polishing cloth when the cloth and the employee's glove got caught in the rotating stem. The employee's left hand was pulled into the stem, resulting in a left thumb amputation.
2015-02-24KoppelPennsylvaniaPenn State Special Metals LLCWrist(s)Contact with objects and equipment
An employee cut his wrist while operating a polishing wheel and was hospitalized overnight.
2015-02-21Melrose ParkIllinoisAlin Machining Company, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee sustained an injury to his left pinky finger as he was polishing a coil with a CNC lathe. The door safety interlocks were disengaged allowing the employee to polish parts of the coil as the machine was running.
2015-02-06ManhattanKansasParker-Hannifin CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a shaft on a lathe with an emry cloth when his hand became caught, pulling him into the lathe and injuring his right hand. He fractured the ring and pinky fingers on his right hand and sustained damage to the flesh as well. His right pinky finger was amputated due to the damage.
2015-01-30East SyracuseNew YorkPPC BroadbandFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing a spindle on a lathe using an emery cloth. A keyway slot on the shaft caught his right index finger, resulting in an amputation of the finger. There was no bone loss.
2015-01-19LakelandFloridaJBT CorporationArm(s)Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was polishing a main drive shaft on the South Bend lathe. He was wearing gloves and an apron, and his glove got caught in the lathe. It started to wrap him up and pull him in, breaking his left arm. He pulled himself free from the machine.
2015-01-11WeirtonWest VirginiBall CorporationArm(s)Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Using a metal lathe, a maintenance worker was polishing a shaft. The shaft kicked back and the maintenance worker was struck in the arm and hand by the shaft. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the fractured arm.