OSHA Injury Report: Entegris-Bloomington

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was moving a decommissioned leak tester fixture weighing approximately 300 lbs. in total weight the fixture was disassembled onto a standard 2 shelf wire cart. Two plates weighing 50 - 70 lbs. were placed on the top rack of the cart and a 2-person team transported the cart onto the elevator to bring to the mezzanine for storage.

What happened

When the cart transitioned from the concrete floor to the elevator the plates on the top shelf shifted and one of the employee 's pinky fingers was in the line of fire and became pinched between the plate and the shelf of the cart causing a laceration and fracture to the tip of the right pinky.

Injury or illness

Tip of right pinky fracture and Laceration.

Object or substance involved

The fixture plate and rolling cart.

Summary line

Employee was moving decommissioned fixture on a cart. The cart tipped when going from hallway to elevator and caused laceration and pinky fracture when fixture tipped and caught in between shelf post.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.