Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
At approximately 2:40 a.m. on October 27, 2016, the injured employee and other employees were removing an 80 lb. bolt from a stamping press. The bolt had to be moved approximately 2 ft. over the edge of the press. The bolt was attached to a chain fall and sitting on the lip or edge of the press. An employee pulled the bolt with the tag line, but could not move the bolt over the edge. The injured employee then pushed the bolt with his hands. The bolt moved, and his right hand or finger was caught between the bolt and the edge. The employee suffered a crush/dislocation injury and his right pinky fingertip was medically amputated below the fingernail.
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.