DECATUR, ILLINOIS—
CATERPILLAR
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CATERPILLAR, 27TH AND PERSHING, DECATUR, ILLINOIS 62526 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While moving a lower power train brake assembly with an overhead crane/lifting device, an employee's left thumb was pinched and amputated in a pinch point.
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An employee was attaching parts to a motor grader as part of its assembly. A part to be attached was on a mobile cart; the employee's right ring finger was caught between the cart and the grader, and was partially amputated at the third joint.
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An employee was installing a machining center when the employee's right index fingertip was amputated by a ball screw on the machining center's horizontal axis.
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An employee was running a deflashing machine. The main auger of the machine registered a fault. The employee cleared the alarm and vacuumed out the media. He reached into the auger to clear the media by hand. The machine was running at the time. His right hand made contact with the moving auger, resulting in a partial amputation of his middle finger.
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