Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
The injured employee was observing another employee utilizing a forklift to lift a tool off a testing cart. After the forklift lifted the took, the driver began to back up. The forklift rolled over an uneven surface which cased the lifting strap holding the tool to disengage from the forklift forks and drop to the ground. As it dropped, it contacted an additional tool stand near where the injured employee was located. When the injured employee noticed the tool stand falling over, he put his left hand out and it was caught between the tool and the stand resulting in amputation of the middle and ring fingertips.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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.