Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
On March 9, 2017, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was injured while handling cants from the gang saw to the roof top chain. As a 5 1/2 inch x 7 1/4 inch cant came out of the saw, it fell short of the chain and fell towards the floor. The employee reached for the end of the cant and as the cant raised, the employee's right thumb was caught between the cant and the steel hood of the gang saw resulting in a severe cut behind the nail bed above the knuckle. The employee was transported to the hospital where the employee received stitches. The injury was classified as a partial amputation with the tip of the bone broken, but no nerve damage.
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.