Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
There was an overflow of water in the FT containment area causing an empty tank to float in the containment area. The overflowing water caused the tank to get pinned against a walkway. A waste treatment tech was attempting to dislodge the tank with a steel bar used for breaking up concrete and pinched his fingers between the steel bar and the tank. When he began using the bar to un-wedge the tank, the tank suddenly came loose, rolled up his right index and middle fingers and pinned them between the tank and the bar. The upward motion of the tank amputated the tip of his index finger. His middle finger was broken.
AmputationFingertip(s)Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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.