Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SUNFLOWER ENTERPRISES, L.L.C., 1825 Highway 20, EAST DUBUQUE, ILLINOIS 61025
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a "spud" when his right hand was caught and crushed between the "spud" and a locking pin. His middle finger was medically amputated.
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 532411)
An employee was helping a coworker rearrange a crate (weighing 706 pounds) with an electric pallet jack. He was standing at the end of the forks and leaned the wooden crate to get it off the forks. His coworker then lowered the forks, which bumped the ground, and the crate tipped. He tried to stop the crate from falling, but it fell on his right leg, fracturing it between the knee and foot, and requiring hospitalization.
On November 16, 2016, an employee was performing a pre-delivery check of a boom lift near electrical lines. A loud noise was heard, and the employee was found lying in the basket with electrical burns to the head, chest, and hands. The employee was hospitalized.
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.