Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H.C. Duke & Son LLC, 2116 8th Avenue, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS 61244
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to weld when his left index finger entered the path of the weld, partially amputating his fingertip.
An employee tripped when the ice cream machine he was moving became tangled in his shoe lace. The machine fell over and landed on his left hand, fracturing four fingers.
Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.
Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.
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An employee turned off a lathe machine, opened it, and used a push bar to push material into the lathe. The push bar was still in the machine when the lathe was reactivated. The push bar was then thrown into the employee's head, fracturing the skull. The lathe was unguarded at the time of the incident.
On October 29, 2015, at approximately 4:00pm, a maintenance technician suffered an amputation while troubleshooting an air cylinder on an evaporator foam fixture in the Tooling Department. The maintenance tech placed his left hand on top of the cylinder hole while looking at the right side of the cylinder. His arm inadvertently activated the lever in the down position and the tip of his left ring finger was pinched between the cylinder and the hole resulting in amputation.
An employee tripped when the ice cream machine he was moving became tangled in his shoe lace. The machine fell over and landed on his left hand, fracturing four fingers.
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.