Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 2233 Tech Drive, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60208
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While assisting in material handling operations, an employee's finger was crushed between a skid steer fork and a concrete slab. The employee suffered a fingertip laceration resulting in amputation and fingernail loss.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
More severe injuries at WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
An employee was moving a piece of precast concrete to center it on a pallet. His right middle finger was pinched between the precast and the pallet, resulting in a fracture of the distal phalanx and a partial finger amputation.
An employee was putting wall ties into pier form work. He was stepping into and out of the form, slipped on rebar, and fell 2 to 3 feet. A rebar impaled the employee's right buttock.
On August 21, 2017, an employee was on top of an 8-foot high box moving a pallet when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, injuring his head and torso.
On or about September 14, 2016, an employee was working at the base of a shaft. At the same time, an overhead crane had hoisted a filled concrete bucket over the shaft. As the bucket crossed over the shaft, the bucket opened and spilled concrete onto the employee below. The employee suffered multiple fractures.
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 236220)
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
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.