Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Menards Distribution Center, 24461 County Highway 10, MCKENZIE, NORTH DAKOTA 58572
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a conveyor while standing on an I-beam approximately 8 feet high. The employee's foot was caught in the conveyor and his big toe was later medically amputated.
An employee had just finished unloading a train car and was using a drill to operate a winch attached to the cables that secure the load while in transit. Their right glove was caught by the drill bit and the employee sustained amputations of their little finger at the second knuckle and their ring finger just below the nail.
An employee was standing next to a pallet conveyor when she lost her balance and fell onto the conveyor, which pulled in her leg. The employee suffered an open wound to her left leg that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was working in a trim picking aisle at a steel plant. She was performing a cycle count for a stand-up bin of ridge caps. As she counted the pieces she was leaning the ridge caps against her shoulder. Eventually, the weight of the stack of ridge caps pushed her back and she fell to the floor with the stack on top of her. She suffered an abdominal injury and was hospitalized.
On October 3, 2017, at 8:25 p.m., an employee was stepping into the back of a semi trailer loaded with stock when he stepped in the gap between the semi trailer and the loading dock. He fell into the opening, broke his leg, and was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was cutting a load of bundled timber pieces. One of the timber pieces fell from the load and struck the employee's right index finger and foot resulting in amputation of the fingertip and a fractured foot.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.