| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-18 | Cordele | Ga | Griffin Lumber Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a trim saw when his right ring finger became caught in the trim block's drive belt and pulley. The employee's right ring and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-18 | Oklahoma City | Ok | Clements Foods Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to remove some tape on a conveyor belt's pulley. The belt pulled the employee's right little finger under the guard, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Beulah | Nd | Dakota Gasification Company | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a coal conveyor belt. The idler pulley system caught the employee's clothing and pulled in the employee's arm up to the elbow. The employee suffered multiple fractures and lacerations and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | West Palm Beach | Fl | Academy Bus, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working in the engine compartment of a bus. The bus was turned on and the employee's hands were caught in a pulley. The employee's left hand was injured. | |||||
| 2021-11-13 | Jacksonville | Fl | Anchor Glass Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On November 13, 2021, an employee was using a pipe wrench to unjam a pulley on a conveyor system. When the pulley unjammed, his right ring finger was caught between its frame and the pipe wrench. The fingertip was amputated at the bottom of the nail. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Carthage | Mo | FLEX-O-LATORS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was watching a maintenance employee work on an extruder. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the pulley and the conveyor belt, and the little fingertip was amputated. The extruder was running at the time. | |||||
| 2021-11-08 | Poplar Bluff | Mo | MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a collator when the conveyor belt stopped. While he was checking the conveyor belt, the employee's finger was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in the partial amputation of a finger. | |||||
| 2021-11-04 | Oberlin | Oh | Green Circle Growers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On November 4, 2021, an employee attempted to unbolt a lamp post that was attached to a pulley system and tethered to a forklift. While the load was suspended, the employee reached under the lamp post to remove a nut and bolt. The load shifted and the lamp post landed on the employee's hand crushing their fingers and resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2021-11-03 | Bedford Hills | Ny | SavATree LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee and co-workers were doing core aerations when one of the machines got stuck in a slightly sloped area of the property. The employee attempted to put a strap on his machine to pull the other machine out. As he searched for a place to hook the strap to, he put his hand under a plate on the machine when his middle and ring fingers contacted a pulley underneath, resulting in 1/8 inch fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2021-11-01 | Urbana | Oh | Heritage Cooperative, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee had just cleared a clog in a drag and re-energized the motor. The employee asked another employee at the control panel to turn on the drag. When that happened, the motor malfunctioned causing the chain and pulley system to shift, striking the employee and throwing them over the guard rail to the ground below. The employee sustained a broken ankle and shoulder injury. | |||||
| 2021-10-30 | Wheeling | Wv | The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing the belt and pulley system of a conveyor. His gloved right hand was caught in the belt and pulley when the machine started, resulting in a partial amputation of the right thumb. | |||||
| 2021-10-30 | Romeoville | Il | Hearthside Food Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a machine. A pulley on the machine amputated the employee's right ring finger and part of the employee's right little fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-10-26 | Brookhaven | Ms | Walmart Distribution Center | Hand(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| An employee was working on a forklift and removing a pulley that holds a hydraulic line. The mast of the forklift came down on his right hand resulting in partial amputation of the hand. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Sapulpa | Ok | Paragon Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Maintenance was being performed on a production line. An employee grabbed a belt on a motor pulley system with his left hand. The pulley system pulled in his hand, causing partial amputations to the little finger, ring finger, and thumb. | |||||
| 2021-10-16 | Craigsville | Wv | Columbia West Virginia Corporation, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was clearing up a jam on a line for sheets of veneer. The employee's left ring finger got stuck in a pulley. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-10-14 | Colorado Springs | Co | PurePressure | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a mixer. A belt caught his left index finger and pulled it through a pulley. The index fingertip was amputated and his middle finger was split open. | |||||
| 2021-10-13 | Doraville | Ga | 365 Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee climbed onto a conveyor belt and walked toward the end of the belt when he slipped and put his hands out to brace himself. His glove got caught in a tail pulley, which crushed his ring finger and resulted in an avulsion on his finger pad. | |||||
| 2021-10-13 | Madison | Al | Fletchline, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the tension on the pulley's belt for the conveyor. His right index finger was caught between the drive and the rotating pulley's belt, resulting in broken bones and lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-10-08 | Brookfield | Il | The Chicago Zoological Society dba Brookfield Zoo | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lubricating belt drive pulley components in an air handling unit. A belt and pulley caught the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-09-30 | Atlanta | Ga | Robur Capital LLC dba Monster Tree service of NE Atlanta | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working ropes with one climber in a tree and three people on the ground. A rope and a pulley was connected to a branch to be cut. As the branch came down, the employee holding the rope was pushed forward and hit by the branch, resulting in a femur fracture. | |||||
| 2021-09-27 | Muenster | Tx | Muenster Milling Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employees were troubleshooting the bag sewing machine. While checking the tension on the belt, the pulley amputated an employee's right index finger at the first knuckle when the machine started. | |||||
| 2021-09-20 | Jackson Center | Pa | International Timber & Veneer, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was climbing off a saw from a height of 3 feet. He slipped on a cross-member and his hand contacted the belt that had just been installed on the saw. The weight forced the belt to move through the pulley, bringing his right hand with it. He suffered lacerations to the right index, middle, and ring fingers and an amputation to the index finger at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-09-20 | Odessa | Tx | Great Basin Petroleum Services | Scalp | Fall to lower level |
| An employee had been working on the pulley board. The employee fell 5 or more feet into the well cellar and hit his head on a 4-inch pipe sustaining a laceration on the back of his head. | |||||
| 2021-09-17 | Pryor | Ok | Cabot-Norit Americas, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was investigating a noise from the belt area of a mill. The employee's finger touched the top of the drive belt and his right hand was pulled into the pulley. His middle finger was caught in the drive mill assembly and partially amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-08 | Leigh | Ne | Schwartz Farms Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing the belt on a pulley system that turned a blower fan. His right middle finger was caught between the belt and the pulley and amputated below the nail. | |||||
| 2021-09-01 | Goldsmith | Tx | Aggietech Energy Services LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working on a pumping unit. The employee's left middle and ring fingers got caught in the sheave and belt on the pulley system of the pumping unit resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2021-08-26 | Chicago | Il | G II, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| At about 2:00 p.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee was replacing a pulley on a conveyor belt. The employee's left hand was pinched between the pillow block bearing and the base plate, and the employee suffered amputations to the tip of the little finger, half of the ring finger, and half of the middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-22 | Garland | Tx | Mauser Packaging Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting the belt on a machine when their finger became caught between the belt and the pulley. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-19 | Irving | Tx | Mc Cormick & Co Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was servicing an auto filler packaging machine when a belt and pulley caught his fingertip. His right index and middle fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-18 | Coffeyville | Ks | River Rock Operating, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was doing maintenance on a gas well pump jack. The brake did not hold when he set it, and a belt and pulley caught his hand. He suffered an amputation to the little finger, about 7/8 of the way from the end. | |||||
| 2021-08-12 | Great Bend | Ks | VENTURE CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a hopper bin when their loose clothing was caught in a tail pulley. The employee suffered a broken arm. | |||||
| 2021-08-11 | Oberlin | Oh | AgriNomix, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| On August 11, 2021, an employee was inspecting the tracking of a conveyor belt. The belt and pulley caught the employee's right index finger, causing a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-29 | Carthage | Ar | Idaho Timber of Carthage LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On 07/29/2021 at 1:15 a.m., an employee was attempting to respool a hoist cable when his glove became stuck to the cable, pulling his left hand into the hoist pulley and resulting in an amputation of the left index finger between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-07-26 | Forreston | Il | Carroll Service Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee and co-workers were working on taking a cable up a grain leg so they could re-install the belting and buckets for the leg. While turning the drum on the grain leg with his right hand, the employee's left hand was caught between the pulley and the belts on the reducer, resulting in amputation of his little fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-07-23 | Jackson | Al | Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-07-22 | Carrollton | Tx | AER MANUFACTURING, L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing a new belt on the grinder machine. As he was manually rotating the pulley wheels to align the new belt, his right index finger was caught between the belt and one of the wheels resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Ochelata | Ok | Walmart, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a blower motor. The belt on the pulley amputated the pad of the employee's right middle finger without bone loss. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Jaffrey | Nh | Air Compressor Technology, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing maintenance on an air compressor when their finger was caught in the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-15 | Princeton | Mo | Smithfield Hog Production - Missouri | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was starting a pit scraper machine. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the machine's belt and pulley system. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-14 | Tuscaloosa | Al | PHIFER INCORPORATED | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a machine when his right hand contacted the belt/pulley assembly, resulting in the amputation of the distal 1/4 inch of his right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-12 | Springfield | Mo | Timken Products | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was loading a machine with product. The employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip area on a pulley, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-07-12 | Palmetto | Fl | SYSCO WEST COAST FLORIDA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was changing a fan pulley when the fan blade injured their right index finger resulting in an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Milwaukee | Wi | Potawatomi Bingo Casino | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing the belt on a pulley to an air handler when his right hand was pulled into the pulley, resulting in a partial amputation of his little finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Piqua | Oh | Hartzell Air Movement | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually rotating a pulley on a pulley wheel in order to clean it when their left middle fingertip was caught between the pulley and the wheel, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Louisville | Ky | Dept of Veterans Affairs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was recording data from a motor. He stepped into a hole, causing him to place his hand into the equipment that was still moving after the motor was shut off. The employee's hand was caught in the fan motor belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of his right index finger, including the loss of bone. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Orlando | Fl | Crown Energy Services, Inc. dba Able Engineering Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was servicing/inspecting the belt and pulley on an air exchange unit and amputated their right thumb. | |||||
| 2021-05-24 | Corpus Christi | Tx | Consolidated Asset Management Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was dislodging debris from a conveyor when the employee's left index finger was caught in the pulley, causing an amputation to the last joint. | |||||
| 2021-05-22 | Manitowoc | Wi | Kerry Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were working to clear a jammed screw conveyor and replace a drive belt. The injured employee's left index finger was crushed in a nip point between the belt and pulley. Approximately one-third of the employee's finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Bristol | Ct | Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on top of a roof near a belt pulley. The pulley drifted out of place and fell on his right hand crushing the fingers and causing a partial amputation of his pinky finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Dunmore | Pa | DUNMORE MATERIALS | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right hand was caught and crushed in the pulley of an asphalt conveyor. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Ashton | Il | Crest Foods Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On May 11, 2021, an employee was using a hammer to adjust a slipping agitator belt on the filler head of a machine. The employee's right middle finger was pulled between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-05-06 | Prentice | Wi | BIEWER-WISCONSIN SAWMILL, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On May 6, 2021, an employee was unjamming a machine. As a sorter bin was lowering, the employee's left index finger was pulled into the pulley system resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | Northlake | Tx | Entech Sales & Service, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lubricating a motor. A nearby fan belt tugged his left hand into a pulley, partially amputating the tip of his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | New Castle | Pa | Penn Line Service Inc | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was struck in the back by a tree limb that was being moved to a chipper area via a pulley system. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae and ribs. | |||||
| 2021-04-29 | Omaha | Ne | Prairie Mechanical | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was installing an HVAC unit when his finger was caught in a belt and pulley system and amputated. | |||||
| 2021-04-23 | Marshallville | Ga | Pearson Farm | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was throwing pecans onto a moving conveyor belt when their finger became caught between the belt and a pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Tupelo | Ms | B & B CONCRETE COMPANY INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing belts on an air compressor. The motor pulley rotated, grabbing the employee's fingers and pinching them between the tightened belt and the pulley. The employee suffered a severed right index finger, a lacerated right middle finger, and a broken right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-21 | Lima | Oh | Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On April 21, 2021, an employee was removing a pan from a conveyor when the employee's right index finger was caught between a belt and a pulley. The finger was degloved. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Jersey Shore | Pa | Jersey Shore Steel Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was installing v-belts on a set of rolls on a rolling table that was isolated at the time. The employee was using a pipe wrench to manually turn the rolls so that the v-belt could be installed when his left finger became caught in the nip point of the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Chalmette | La | Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC | Hip(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
| An employee was moving a barge upriver, using a winch and cable to give slack in the mooring lines so they could be removed. As the cable reeled in on the winch, it caught the employee's life vest and pulled him into the winch pulley bolted to a stanchion. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-25 | Lawrenceville | Ga | Carnett's Management Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a water pump in a car wash. The pump was energized and actuated when a car entered the car wash tunnel. The worker's right hand was caught in the belt/pulley system, resulting in three partial finger amputations on the right hand. | |||||
| 2021-03-08 | Cleveland | Tx | CLW, Inc Cleveland | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 8, 2021, an employee was reinstalling a belt in a machine. The machine was activated, and the employee's right hand was caught in a pulley. The machine struck and injured four of the employee's fingers. | |||||
| 2021-03-05 | Valdosta | Ga | JACUZZI, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was tightening a bolt holding a pulley. The bolt snapped, releasing the pulley and the cable. The cable snapped and caught the employee's fingers against a guard, causing the amputation of the left index finger at the last joint and a laceration and fracture of the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-03-04 | East Saint Louis | Il | Concrete Supply Company of Illinois | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Two employees were working on a threaded rod. The first employee was checking one end while the second was turning the other end with a rachet when the bolt broke, causing the pulley to move and crush the first employee's left index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | Brookwood | Al | Pike Electric LLC | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was straightening a hand line (rope used to move material) with an attached pulley that was stretched between the bucket truck and the skid steer. The rope snapped under pressure, striking the employee and causing a fracture to the left hand and lacerations on the right hand. | |||||
| 2021-02-26 | Cincinnati | Oh | Shawnee Tree, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a stand-up skid steer pulling a grounded tree with an attached rope and pulley. Another employee was assisting by pulling on the attached rope when his right ring and pinky finger slid into the pulley sheave area between the rope and the pulley, resulting in a degloving injury. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Clinton | Mo | BASS PRO SHOPS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was operating a forklift when the chain that operated the forks' raising mechanism snapped off the pulley. As the employee adjusted the chain his right hand fingers were caught in the chain resulting in amputation of two fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Huntsville | Al | Technicolor Home Entertainment Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing a motor on a sorting line and correcting tension on the conveyor belt. The belt slipped and, as he was adjusting it, his right thumb was caught by the belt and pulley. The belt wrapped around his thumb, causing the amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
| 2021-02-23 | Washington Court House | Oh | Menards | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was tightening a 1/2-inch belt on a pulley. The employees finger got caught between the belt and pulley, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-20 | Tampa | Fl | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Two employees were conducting preventative maintenance on multiple air handling units. One employee was greasing the motor and fan bearings inside the end of a unit when his left pinky finger was caught and pinched between the belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2021-02-17 | Joplin | Mo | Darlington Snacks | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing a belt on a blower motor. The machinery started and the pulley pulled in the employee's right glove. The employee was injured and underwent a surgical amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-05 | Houston | Tx | 84 Lumber Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was about to begin repairs to the belt and pulley system of a table saw motor when the machine started and amputated two fingers on their right hand. | |||||
| 2021-02-05 | Medina | Oh | Comfort Systems USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a rooftop heater when the v-belt pulley pulled the employee's glove inward, resulting in the amputation of his thumb. | |||||
| 2021-02-01 | Wichita | Ks | Pratt Industries | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The injured employee was manually moving a belt into position on a four belt gear pulley. The machine was locked out at the time. While walking belt #1 over onto the pulley where belt #2 had broken off, the injured employee had a co-worker manually rotate the shaft on the other side of the machine to help walk the belt into position. The injured employee was pulling up on the belt with his right hand and was using a screwdriver with his left hand to move the belt. The rotating shaft then reverse | |||||
| 2021-01-27 | Wheaton | Mn | Raguse Family Partnership | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was using a manlift when the top pulley became detached from the anchor point in the manlift's head house and the employee fell within the manlift, resulting in two fractured arms and a fractured vertebra. | |||||
| 2021-01-27 | Bridgeport | Tx | WISE READY MIX, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A belt and pulley caught an employee's glove and lacerated the employee's index finger above the knuckle. The top half of the finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-01-13 | Shirley | Ma | Little Leaf Farms, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered an avulsion injury caused by a cable and pulley in a jammed cutting device. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-01-12 | Collinsville | Al | JCG Foods of Alabama LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to free a drive that was stuck inside of a jammed strapping machine when his fingers got pulled in between the timing belt and the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation on his left hand. | |||||
| 2021-01-09 | Claremont | Nh | NHI Mechanical Motion, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working with a pulley assembly machine. The employee's left little finger was crushed when two brass plates came together for welding. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Hazleton | Pa | The Hershey Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was training a mechanic when he opened an interlock door to show the interior of the machine to the trainee. He used a flashlight to see inside the machine and his right index finger got caught in a moving belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-06 | Alto | Tx | Custom Cut Lumber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was about to cut lumber with a chop saw. The pulley caught his right thumb and broke it. | |||||
| 2021-01-04 | Fort Worth | Tx | Parker Products, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was removing product debris from a conveyor when his right index and middle fingers were caught between the pulley and the belt, resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Milwaukee | Wi | Malteurope Malting Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing the drive belt on a 40-inch exhaust fan. A finger was caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-17 | Pampa | Tx | J Lee Milligan Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a drum at an asphalt plant. The drum was activated while the employee was turning by hand, causing the employee's fingers to be caught in a V-belt pulley. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-10-13 | Clewiston | Fl | U.S. SUGAR CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While performing maintenance on equipment, an employee's right pinky finger was caught between a belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-04 | Deer Park | Tx | Universal Plant Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While removing sections of steel piping, an employee grabbed the cable of a winch. His left hand was pulled into the snatch block between the cable and pulley, crushing four fingers. | |||||
| 2020-10-03 | West Orange | Tx | Suez Wts Usa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was inventorying drums of chemicals and assisting a forklift driver when the forks became stuck in an elevated position. While dislodging the mast chain, the employee's right hand became wrapped around the chain and was pulled into the pulley system as the chain realigned. The employee sustained lacerations, three broken fingers, and a partial amputation of the index finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-02 | Gallman | Ms | Westlake Chemical | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a dicer and got caught between the belt and pulley resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip and tissue damage to an index finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-26 | Delaware | Oh | Nesco Resource | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At approximately 9:30 p.m. on September 26, 2020, a Nesco Resource employee retrieving a diaper that had fallen between the rollers on a running conveyor when her hand was caught in the belt/pulley system resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-24 | Gorham | Me | Isherwood Enterprises, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| The driver of a full-sized bus was replacing a set of drive belts that had broken/frayed while he was on route with a busload of passengers. While doing so, his hand was caught between the crank shaft pulley and a belt resulting in severe lacerations to fingers and a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-09-22 | Glen Head | Ny | The Laurel Group Landscape Management | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was repairing the belt on a thatching machine when his thumb was caught between the belt and pulley and amputated below the nail bed. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Wilmington | Oh | Ferno Washington | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee's foot got caught in the belt of a pulley system. The employee's lower right leg was fractured. | |||||
| 2020-09-17 | Kennesaw | Ga | Atlanta Cheesecake Company | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a conveyor line used to package finished cheesecakes. The conveyor belt was removed for cleaning and the employee was cleaning around the head/drive pulley. The conveyor started and the employee's hands were pinned under the conveyor's sprockets and shaft located on the head/drive pulley. The employee sustained a fractured left forearm and lacerations on the left hand. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Niagara Falls | Ny | Saint Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A mechanic was performing maintenance on an exhaust blower when his finger got caught in a belt/pulley. The employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Findlay | Oh | GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY L. P. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning around a blower machine and noticed labels stuck inside. She was attempting to remove the labels when her left index finger was caught in the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-08-28 | Solomon | Ks | Abilene Machine LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to start a pulley by hand when the pulley grabbed and pulled the employee's right ring finger between the pulley and belt, resulting in an amputation of the finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-25 | Winona | Ms | Anel Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing a belt on a motor. The motor started and the employee's right middle fingertip was pinched between the belt and a pulley. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-19 | Nampa | Id | Great American Snacks, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unclog a breading machine. When he tried to jog the belt his hand was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | New York | Ny | CCIA Mechanical Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was checking a belt. The returning fan and pulley caught the employee's right hand, amputating the tip of the employee's thumb. | |||||
| 2020-08-15 | Fort Pierce | Fl | Dematic | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was tying back airlines and cables near a moving belt. His gloves touched the belt, which drew his hand into the end pulley. He suffered a broken wrist. | |||||