Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VON ROLL USA INC., 166 CHAPEL STREET, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06513
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to remove a core from a shaft. The shaft was being held on its end, and the employee had placed his hand on the floor under the shaft when a coworker hit it to remove the core. The employee's fingertip was underneath at the time and was amputated.
An employee was driving a reach truck in a shipping warehouse. The truck struck a forklift as it was lowering its forks, and the forks entered the truck's operator compartment and broke the employee's lower leg.
While an employee was operating a machine to cut a circular test sample, a pin in the machine broke and made contact with the employee's right index finger, amputating the fingertip.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was running the cuber machine (moves and stacks blocks onto pallets) in the block plant. He went to manually move some blocks and the carriage of the cuber moved and pinned his midsection (abdomen, pelvis, and lower back region). The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his bottom two ribs and L3 vertebra. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee opened a butterfly valve on a material hopper control panel and then went to clear a jam. The valve closed on his left hand. His left index and middle fingers were medically amputated above the knuckle.
An employee was opening a curtain on a trailer in preparation to load. When pulling on the strap of the curtain, the strap came loose, and caused the employee to fall on his back. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was pushing a mineral cart into an oven when the oven door malfunctioned and closed on their right thumb. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the thumb tip.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.