Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advantus, Corporation, 3331 W. 12th Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32254
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Employees were measuring the receiving dock bay door area for a replacement dock plate. The dock plate springs opened quickly and the dock plate caught the injured employee's fingers in a pinch point between the dock plate and the dock bay door surface resulting in the amputation of the right middle and index fingertips.
AmputationFingertip(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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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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