Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
Employees were trimming a tree. A branch got caught in the crotch of an adjacent tree. They tied one end of the rope to the branch and the other end to a skid steer to pull the branch out. Due to the orientation of the ground, the rope partially turned around a 6-inch diameter maple tree. While the skid steer operator advanced the skid steer to tighten the rope, the injured employee stood by the maple tree and applied downward force on the rope to prevent it from "riding up" the tree trunk. The employee's right pinky fingertip got caught between the rope and tree as the rope tightened. About 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.