| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | Montgomery | Al | Premier Tech | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a rotator shaft with sandpaper. The employee's gloves got caught in the rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the machine. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated, and two were reattached. | |||||
| 2021-09-22 | Loop | Tx | Cooper Natural Resources | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using emery (sandpaper) to shine a steel shaft on a rotating lathe. A glove on the employee's right hand got caught on the sandpaper and the employee's arm became wrapped around the lathe. The employee sustained two fractures to the right forearm. | |||||
| 2019-04-18 | Gibbsboro | New Jersey | Willier Electric Motor Repair co., Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was running a lathe to finish a repaired shaft. The employee was using sandpaper to finish the shaft when the employee's shirt was caught in a rotating piece, pulling the employee's arm and hand into the rotating piece. The employee suffered a left ear laceration as well as a broken left arm, wrist, and hand. The employee's left little finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-29 | Houston | Texas | Gulf 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. | |||||
| 2018-08-09 | Gilford | New Hampshir | Howard 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. | |||||
| 2018-08-08 | Houston | Texas | SPX Flow | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using sandpaper to remove tool markings from a stem that was on a rotating manual lathe when the sandpaper became snagged on a burr and pulled the employee's left arm around the piece part being worked. He suffered a broken ulna and radius bone in his left arm. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | San Marcos | Texas | Gary Job Corps | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A student was using a lathe to polish aluminum with sandpaper. The bandage on his right hand got caught in the lathe resulting in amputation of the right index finger at the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2017-03-17 | Conroe | Texas | A.W. Chesterton Company | Finger(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. | |||||
| 2016-09-27 | Grand Junction | Colorado | Spendrup Fan Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a lathe and sandpaper to sand a piece of metal pipe. As he was sanding the pipe, the sandpaper wrapped around the lathe and then wrapped itself around the second and third fingers of his right hand, partially amputating them. | |||||
| 2016-03-26 | Romeoville | Illinois | Rotadyne Roll Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing sandpaper on a buffer machine when his hand slipped and was cut by the machine. He was hospitalized and received stitches. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Sylacauga | Alabama | G. Nelson Eletric Motors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was machining a shaft and using sandpaper at a lathe when his right glove got caught in the machine, amputating his right middle and ring fingers at the knuckle. | |||||