OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402993
TITAN WHEEL CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS
QUINCY, IL·
Event description
Employee's hand is crushed by falling part
Investigation abstract
At 1:20 p.m. on October 11, 2021, an employee was changing a die on a roll forming machine, he was sliding the die out of the machine onto a boom attachment on a forklift that was parked on a small ramp with the brake set. A coworker was in the cab of the forklift. The employee did not see that there was a gap between the boom and the shaft of the machine, and the die fell. His hand was smashed between the die and a lower shaft on the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractured bones in his hand.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 777
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