Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reinhart Food Service, LLC, 6720 N. 9th Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68111
on — Amputations, affecting the arm(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
The employee was helping a truck driver adjust the rear tandems on his tractor trailer. The employee was under the trailer attempting to adjust the tandems when they slipped forward, pinning is left arm at the elbow area between the trailer and the tandem. The employee was taken to Creighton University Hospital where doctors amputated the arm midway down his left bicep.
A delivery driver was beaten in a robbery attempt. The driver was punched and kicked in the ribs and torso area, suffering a potentially punctured lung and broken ribs.
An employee was entering the store with a two-wheel hand truck when he slipped on the floor and fell, fracturing his left leg in two places. He was hospitalized.
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.
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An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a double pallet jack. While he was pushing a pallet back, the pallet jack moved and the handle crushed his finger against racking.
An employee was offloading tools from a van and walking them over to the curb. He lost his footing and fell while carrying a jackhammer. The jackhammer fell and caught the employee's right little finger against the curb. The employee's finger was amputated.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning out corn from a grain bin. The sweep auger in the bin was activated and caught his trouser leg. His leg was pulled into the auger, which injured his calf and caused leg fractures and lacerations.