Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-26 | North Little Rock | Ar | HALL MANUFACTURING, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
At about 7:40 a.m. on July 26, 2021, an employee was settling a bundle of four pieces of square tubing onto a workbench when the tubing shifted and slid onto his left hand and index finger. The finger was pinched and crushed between the tubing and a piece of channel on the workbench, causing an amputation to the fingertip above the nailbed. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Benbrook | Tx | Shoot Smart Enterprises LLC | Head | Fall while sitting |
An employee attempted to sit down in a chair, missed the chair and fell backward hitting their head on a vice that was mounted on the workbench. | |||||
2021-01-08 | North Little Rock | Ar | L'Oreal USA, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
At 8:00 a.m. on January 8, 2021, an employee was turning over a magnetized plate on a metal workbench. The plate pinched the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation from the fingernail bed to the tip. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Thorp | Wisconsin | THORP EQUIPMENT, INC. | Cheek(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On July 28, 2020, an employee was moving a piece of steel on his workbench. The steel shifted and struck him in the face, lacerating his cheek. | |||||
2019-08-05 | Amarillo | Texas | Texas Dodge | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
While being moved, a modified handicap vehicle with the pedals reversed, drove forward and an employee was pinned between the van and a workbench. The employee suffered crushing injuries. | |||||
2019-06-26 | Keene | North Dakota | Halliburton Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assembling a wire line gun. His finger was pinched between the gun and a workbench causing an amputation to his right ring finger. | |||||
2019-02-14 | Bedford Park | Illinois | Pactiv LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were mounting a metal rod on a workbench mounted vice. The metal rod slipped from the vice and struck the tip of one employee's right ring finger causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-29 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Carpenter Technology | Leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
While working at a maintenance workbench, an employee was struck from behind by an unattended golf cart. The employee suffered a contusion and left leg injury. | |||||
2016-05-03 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | ECORE INTERNATIONAL | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The employee was relocating a workbench with another employee to a temporary location so the floor could be painted. While grasping the table from the sides, his left pinky was pinched between the table and a stationary guard rail which resulted in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2015-10-24 | Greeley | Colorado | Teasdale Foods | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was inspecting a disassembled actuated ball valve on a workbench. The employee placed a finger on the valve when it cycled and amputated the left middle fingertip. |