WYMAN-GORDON COMPANY

An employee was struck by an aircraft part that fell from a crane and broke his left leg.

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.

Two employees were loading a steel-forging die into a forging hammer. One employee was pushing the die into place on one end of the hammer with a forklift. The injured employee was on the opposite side of the hammer making adjustments to level the die. When the forklift pushed the die into place, the injured employee's right middle finger was pinched between the stationary leveler and the die., resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was grinding a part on a belt grinder when the part slipped and his left thumb was caught between the belt and the guard. The employee sustained an amputation involving loss of bone from the thumb tip.

An employee was operating an overhead crane that was carrying a die set. The hoist pin came out and the steel die set fell onto the employee's left foot resulting in injuries to the foot and toes that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was operating a blasting machine. Between parts, the employee was shoveling some steel shot off the floor. While shoveling the steel shot behind the machine, he lost his balance and fell into the chain and sprocket on the back of the blasting machine, resulting in amputation of his right index finger to the first knuckle. The chain and sprocket were not guarded at the time.

An employee walking down a passageway was struck by a loaded fork truck. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.