Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at S & C ELECTRIC COMPANY, 6601 N. RIDGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60626
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was closing the injection molding door when his left hand glove along with the tip of his middle finger got caught between the door and the frame of the injection molding machine. The employee jerked his hand out and amputated his left middle fingertip.
On August 25, 2025, an employee was cleaning a tablet press machine. The employee's right hand was near the point of operation when the machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the tip of their right thumb.
The employee was approaching the doors that go into the lunchroom/cafeteria area. Somebody had just come through the doors. As the doors were closing he grabbed the edge of the door trying to catch it before it closed. The doors caught the end of his pinky finger and amputated it.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 335313)
On August 25, 2025, an employee was cleaning a tablet press machine. The employee's right hand was near the point of operation when the machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the tip of their right thumb.
An employee entered the back of a CNC laser machine and was caught by the CNC laser head, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh and ankle as well as the back of their head. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was descending a scaffold ladder when they fell onto a step ladder and then onto the floor. The employee sustained fractures to their L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae.
An employee was walking and stepped over a 16.72-inch wall when their boot contacted the top of the wall, causing them to fall forward and strike the concrete floor with the left side of their body. The employee sustained fractures to four of their left ribs.
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.