Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee and his supervisor were carrying a boiler part (weighing approximately 110 to 120 pounds) in tandem and placing it atop a pile. The employee was wearing Kevlar Gloves covered with rubber gloves (i.e.; two layers of gloves). The employee was helping to stabilize the boiler part on top of another part already stacked in the pile. The part the employee was adjusting shifted and the employee's left index finger was pinched between two parts. The employee tried to pull his finger out of the pinch point, and suffered a fingertip amputation with the loss of some bone.
AmputationFingertip(s)Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
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.