| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-16 | Wahoo | Ne | Omaha Steel Castings Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting steel castings. A pneumatic vise caught the employee's finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-08 | Syracuse | Ny | Murphy & Nolan Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's right-hand glove was pinned by the vise clamp of a saw. The employee suffered an amputation to the right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Waco | Tx | Waco Boom Manufacturing, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cutting a billet with a horizontal bandsaw. As the employee closed the vise, his finger was pinched between the vise and the billet. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Osceola | Ar | Big River Steel, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a light fixture from a conduit. He was using a fixture clamp vise and ratchet set. The fixture shifted and amputated a quarter-inch of his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-09-30 | Sheboygan Falls | Wi | Curt G Joa, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The employee was working on a bearing assembly that was in a bench vise. As he was putting pressure on the part with a wrench to tighten it up, the part came out of the vise and started falling to the floor. The employee tried to catch it and pinched the tip of his finger between the falling part and the edge of the work bench resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-07-27 | Topeka | Kansas | White Star Machinery | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lifting a hydraulic cylinder onto a bench vise for repairs. The vice rotated and the employee's left thumb was caught in a fitting hole. Then the cylinder rotated and caught the employee's thumb against the vise amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-07-18 | Jacksonville | Florida | Imeson Distribution Center, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On July 18, 2020, a temporary employee, who is supervised by Imeson Distribution Center, was dissembling racks. The employee was using a platform on a forklift to reach the first rack's crossbars. The employee fell 5 to 6 feet from the forklift to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken left elbow. | |||||
| 2020-06-24 | Lake Providence | Louisiana | Tennessee Valley Authority | Pelvis | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| A contractor employee supervised by Tennessee Valley Authority was greasing a trackhoe when the bucket of the trackhoe moved, fracturing the employee's pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | Pewaukee | Wisconsin | Eaton Cooper Power Systems Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee had a mandrel in the vertical position in a vise. As the employee was opening the vise to release the mandrel, the mandrel tipped to the right, causing the employee's right hand to move to the right. During this process, the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the jaw casting and body casting of the vise, causing a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Dayton | Ohio | Minco Tool and Mold Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a mold into a vise to saw off an eye bolt when the vise closed on the employee's finger, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-03-09 | Streetsboro | Ohio | SPECTRUM MACHINE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a horizontal band saw. The saw's hydraulic vises caught the employee's fingers, causing amputations to three fingers on his left hand. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | Houston | Texas | Texas Honing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was taking a piece of cut material off a hydraulic vise machine and asked a second employee to help. The second employee accidentally pushed the wrong button and activated the machine. The injured employee's hand was crushed between points of contact on the hydraulic vise, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger and a crushed middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-07-08 | Fort Myers | Florida | Commercial Appliance Repair, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| At 12:30 p.m. on July 8, 2019, an employee was helping supervise the unloading of a truck with a forklift. A package tilted over while the forklift was moving and fell onto the employee. He was hospitalized to treat a head injury (requiring 18 stitches) and a fractured vertebra. | |||||
| 2019-07-04 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | RW Lyall | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On July 4, 2019, an employee was inserting a part into a pneumatic vise. The employee's finger was pinched between the part and the vise, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Drakesboro | Kentucky | G UB MK Constructors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a fusion machine and attempting to clamp a pipe when the machine's vise arm closed and the employee's finger was caught in a shear point of the clamp arm. The employee received a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2019-02-28 | Houston | Texas | Seah Steel USA, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was lining up a seam between two pieces of metal to be automatically welded. The welder activated and the employee was pinched between it and a mobile vise, suffering broken ribs and a broken hip. | |||||
| 2019-02-14 | Edinboro | Pennsylvania | Penn - Union Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a drill press. The bit bottomed out, causing the vise to rotate and crush the employee's left hand. The employee suffered an amputation to the ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-01-22 | Terryville | Connecticut | C & C Hydraulics, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was using a pipe wrench to loosen a part in a vise. When the wrench moved, the employee's thigh muscles were torn at both knees. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2019-01-15 | Midland | Texas | CDK Perforating, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was redressing a compact setting tool and had it in a vise. He put the mandrel in the sleeve and attempted to screw the mandrel onto the tool. When he let go of the mandrel with his right hand, it fell. As he attempted to catch the mandrel and sleeve, he stumbled and the mandrel struck/pinched his finger on the floor, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-17 | Apopka | Florida | Collins Manufacturing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to remove chips from the vise in the material holding area of a band saw when the sawblade caught his left pinky, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-06-24 | Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing a channel iron inside an automated vise to secure the iron for cutting with a bandsaw. The vise automatically closed while the employee's left ring finger was between it and the channel iron causing an avulsion injury and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-22 | North Kingstown | Rhode Island | Electric Boat | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee had put a pipe in a vise and was adjusting the flange to insert a ring into the unit. The unit slipped from the vise; as the pipe fell and the employee tried to grab it, the vise pinched the employee's finger. He suffered a fingertip amputation on his left hand. | |||||
| 2018-03-29 | Sylacauga | Alabama | Nemak USA Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a horizontal band saw when his right hand went between the metal and a vise used to hold it in place, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-02-01 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Rawson Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Trip over an object without fall |
| An employee was testing and adjusting a valve assembly. As he was walking towards the valve assembly, that was mounted in a bench vise, his foot caught the air hose in front of the bench, causing him to lurch forward with his hands extended to catch himself. His right index finger entered the one-inch port of the valve as his left hand forced the 24 VDC supply leads connected to the solenoid operated valve to contact one another and short. When they shorted, the valve cycled and amputated the ti | |||||
| 2017-09-26 | Champaign | Illinois | Express Employment Professionals | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On September 26, 2017, at around 4:10 PM, an employee was shoveling dirt into concrete forms for a crawlspace. The employee was observed stumbling in the trench and was advised to go sit in the truck. The employee was hospitalized for heat illness and dehydration. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | San Antonio | Texas | ACT Pipe & Supply Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a machine when his right index fingertip was pinched and amputated by a vise clamp. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Houston | Texas | O'Neal Manufacturing Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was reaching for a part on a saw when his arm hit the clamp switch. His left pinky fingertip was then crushed and amputated between the part and the main saw vise. | |||||
| 2017-06-17 | Saint Petersburg | Florida | Residential Elevators, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using vise grips while changing out components and wiring to an elevator when the vise grips failed, allowing the components to fall and catch the employee's left thumb between the cable and a sheave. The employee's left thumb tip was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-06-08 | Gulfport | Mississippi | TABER EXTRUSIONS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing a block from an extruder vise when the employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the block and the vise. The finger had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2017-04-05 | Letona | Arkansas | Halliburton Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a setting tool used in hydraulic fracturing. He opened a vise and turned the tool 180 degrees to make it easier to service. As he was sliding the tool back into the vise, the tool fell and caught his finger between the tool and the vise, amputating his left middle finger below the nailbed. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | Williston | North Dakota | Pioneer Wireline, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was removing clevises from under a blowout preventer (BOP). The employee retrieved the first clevis, but the second clevis was trapped underneath one of the BOPs. He lifted the BOP up and stuck the first clevis underneath to support the BOP's weight (this allowed him to retrieve the second clevis). When he attempted to lift the BOP back up to remove the first clevis, the BOP slipped and fell. His right index fingertip was caught/pinched between the two BOPs, resulting in a finger amp | |||||
| 2016-07-09 | Orla | Texas | Halliburton Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a setting tool from the tool stand to a vise located on the back bumper of the logging unit to make some adjustments on the tool. As he was attempting to place the setting tool onto the vise, the setting tool struck the vise, causing the tool to slide down from the employee's hand. His finger slipped into a hole on the tool and a sleeve on the tool came down, pinching his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-06-28 | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Polyone Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using vise grips to repair an overhead door when his left ring finger was caught in the hinge of the tool, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Freedom | Pennsylvania | Ferguson Fire And Fabrication | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 4, 2016, an employee had his hand crushed in a hydraulic vise resulting in broken bones and lacerations. He was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2016-05-03 | Waelder | Texas | J Bar B Foods, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee opened a smoke house to supervise the water temperature and in doing so, boiling water was released onto the employee's feet. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Cortland | New York | Forkey Construction & Fabrication Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was placing material into a band saw to be cut. When he activated the vise control to hold the material, his finger was caught between the material and vise, amputating his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-08-21 | Falconer | New York | Jamestown Container Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee pulled Printing Section # 1 out of the Martin Machine and opened the interlocked cover on the ink rollers. He then took a pair of vise-grips, depressed the jog button, and clamped the button to the housing in the depressed position causing the rollers to rotate slowly. The employee then used a hose to spray water on the partially submerged ink rollers to clean them. The inside of the container in which the rollers were partially submerged was painted black. The color of the ink was | |||||
| 2015-08-17 | Chicago Heights | Illinois | Bar Processing Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was making adjustments to a vise on a cold saw machine when the vise clamped down on the employee's left hand, fracturing two fingers and partially amputating the index finger. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Chester | New York | SA Baxter, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A cold saw operator received an amputation to his right pinky fingertip (distal phalanx fracture). He placed a brass bar on top of the machine. The bar was grabbed by the saw blade and pulled into the machine. The employee grabbed the end of the bar to pull it out while the machine was running, pinching his finger between the bar and a vise. | |||||
| 2015-04-14 | Moore | Oklahoma | Special Metals Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was pulling cut pieces from a Tsune saw with gloves on. The employee's glove got caught on the blade, pulling his finger into the vise and cutting the tip of his right middle finger off. | |||||
| 2015-03-29 | Burlington | Kansas | Day & Zimmerman Kansas, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a hydraulic vise to secure an "I" beam to the band saw table. The power switch on the vise was triggered, causing the loss of his left-hand middle finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Wausau | Wisconsin | Linetec | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On February 27, 2015, an employee severely injured his finger while moving a 50-pound vise in the Rack Maintenance Area. The employee crushed the upper portion of the right pinky finger. Medical providers removed the untreatable portion of the finger between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-02-02 | Atchison | Kansas | NORTHWEST PIPE CO | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was repairing a forklift step using a vise. The employee tried to bend the step back into shape by pushing up on the step and injured his lower back. | |||||