Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sams Club, 1350 W. US Highway 50, O FALLON, ILLINOIS 62269
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
At 11:34 a.m., an employee was working with an electric pallet jack while another receiving associate had a forklift. When the employee went to move the electric pallet jack, the handle was turned in such a way that when it moved, it moved backwards and smashed her left-hand pinky into the forklift battery. Her pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
An employee was stocking the freezer and stepped on a wood pallet. The employee's foot went into the pallet and they sustained a right ankle fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee had just finished repurposing chickens on a white tray that was sitting on the right side of a scale. He was moving the tray and stepping from the right to the left side of the scale when he twisted his left foot, heard a pop, and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken bone under his kneecap.
An employee was selling memberships at a home and garden show. As she was walking to a vendor booth she tripped on the lip of a display riser and fell injuring her left knee and right arm.
An employee was attempting to inflate a tire on a trailer when the tire and rim exploded. The employee suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized for surgery.
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.
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