Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was helping a coworker unload drums using a drum dolly. The coworker had secured the 800 lb. drum to the 1000 lb. capacity drum dolly. As the coworker attempted to tilt the drum dolly back, the employee placed his hand on the back side of the drum. The drum then slipped off the dolly, which in turn fell back into place and caught the employee's hand between the drum being lifted and another drum that was still on the truck. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right middle and ring fingers.
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.