Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
On October 6, 2015, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was helping a coworker roll a full linen rack into his truck. The employee was pushing the rack while the coworker was pulling, and the linen rack began to sway to the right. The employee reached over the right side of the rack and attempted to control it with his left hand. He was not able to stop the rack from swaying to the right. His left hand was on the outside right of the rack, and his right hand was placed on the middle bars of the rack. His left-hand finger got caught between the linen rack and a stationary rack that was to his right, amputating the left middle fingertip.
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.