Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was tightening a bolt on the final assembly of a stump puller. The wheels were separated and resting on 6-inch steel blocks with the mainframe on steel I-beams. The employee stepped between the wheels to adjust the spacer plates and used his legs to separate the wheels. When the stump puller was raised slightly and the weight came off the support beams and blocks, it rolled backward a few inches, causing the lifting wheels to close and catch his left leg between the wheels. The employee sustained a left tibia fracture, a torn calf, and bruising to the lower extremities.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
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.