Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
An overhead crane was being used with a four leg chain to assist in opening a door to a precast form. The hooks from the rigging equipment were attached to the side of the form. As the crane trolley traversed to the side, the trolley made it to its maximum allowed distance. The crane operator stopped operating at that time. A second employee saw the rigging go slack and placed his hand on the hook to remove it from the form. As he had the hook in his hand, the trolley moved back towards the center on its own while the employee s hand was still on the hook. His middle finger was smashed between the hook and the form, amputating his middle fingertip from the middle of the fingernail to the tip.
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.