Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
On September 14, 2015, at approximately 10:30am, a worker suffered an amputation of the left pinky finger just above the palm while unloading pipe from a pipe trailer. The employee was standing towards the tractor side of the trailer and a side boom with sling was unloading the pipe. The load was lowered near the tractor in an effort to raise the pipe above the back stanchion on the trailer. As the pipe slowly moved, the load struck a stanchion or DOT fender and the employee's hand was crushed in the load of pipe. No tag line was used.
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.