Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WIELAND METALS, INC., 567 NORTHGATE PARKWAY, WHEELING, ILLINOIS 60090
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
On August 10, 2015, an employee suffered an injury to his right great (big) toe when a coil that was sitting upright on the floor fell on its side and onto the employee's foot while the employee attempted to spin the coil. The coil was being moved from storage to production. At this time the employee has been hospitalized and it is unknown if a partial amputation will occur.
An employee was pointing to a part of a machine. His right index finger was caught by tubing that was into the machine to be processed. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was un-jamming a machine while an air cylinder had residual air in it. The machine actuated, amputating the employee's right pinky fingertip.
An employee was working to remove scrap from the vicinity of a scrap shaker tray located at the rear of a press when she suffered a laceration and partial amputation of her right index finger.
An employee was loading a die plate onto a rack when the plate tipped down and pinched his finger, lacerating it. The employee sustained an amputation.
An employee was placing a flattener die on a turret press. The die broke loose and fell into the turret. The employee's right hand was pinched between the turret and the die, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger.
An employee was un-banding metal blanks from pallets. He stepped on a pallet where the boards of the pallet overhung the runners, causing him to lose his footing and fall to the floor. The employee sustained injury to his left hip requiring hospitalization.
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.