Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hampshire Farms, LLC, 14 N 850 Route 20 , HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS 60140
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's left distal thumb got pinched between a table and a wheel while moving trees in compartment #3. The employee sustained a near amputation of a left distal thumb fracture, complex 5-centimeter laceration, complex nail bed repair, and exposed bone.
An employee was sweeping behind a guardrail and stepped on the lower portion of the guardrail when he lost his balance. As he stepped back, his foot became stuck between the guardrail and a transformer, resulting in a compound fracture of left tibia and fibula.
An employee was repositioning a chill adder so that the pig tubs behind it could be removed. The employee lost their balance and their finger was pinched between the chill adder and the pig tub, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was backing up a stand-up forklift. The vehicle struck a guard and a wooden table. Upon exiting the forklift, the employee's left leg became caught between the table and dock guard, causing a fractured leg.
An employee was working on a shoring scaffold with another employee to strip plywood from cement. The employees threw a 4x4 piece of forming down and it got stuck on the beam of the scaffold. The injured employee went to grab the forming when their left ring fingertip was pinched between it and the beam, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was using a torch to trim the foundation for a compressed air tank so the tank would fit in place. His left hand was caught between the tank and the steel bar foundation structure; the hand was crushed and burned.
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An employee was on the tenth step of a three-legged, 14-foot pruning ladder to prune a holly tree. The front leg of the ladder entered a hole in the ground made by a rodent, causing the ladder to become unstable. The employee fell backward onto the ground, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.
An employee was riding in a nursery vehicle with another employee driving. The vehicle went off the road and struck a wooden utility pole. The employee suffered a broken left femur, damage to the left elbow, and chipped front teeth. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was carrying signs to the front of a nursery when they tripped on a curb and fell, resulting in a twisted left ankle and fractured right shoulder.
An employee was removing plant flats from a pulley conveyor and was adjusting plants on the conveyor. The employee put their left hand under a flat to fix it, and their glove got caught on a pulley, resulting in amputation of the left little finger.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.