Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gunlocke Company LLC, 1 Gunlocke Drive, WAYLAND, NEW YORK 14572
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee and several coworkers were moving a storage rack that was on pallet jacks when the storage rack struck another unit and the employee's right pinky fingertip was pinched and amputated between the rack and a wood shelf.
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 337211)
An employee was working with an up-cut saw. The pedal to start the machine actuated and the employee's left hand was caught in the area where wood is fed into the saw. The saw blade amputated their left index and middle fingers.
A employee was using a reach truck to retrieve material when their left foot became caught between the reversing reach truck and the vertical shelf structure behind the reach truck, resulting in fractures to the fourth and fifth digits.
On June 14, 2024, an employee was forming a part on the hydraulic brake press and suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger through the nailbed.
A maintenance technician was working on an exhaust fan on the roof of the facility. Their gloved hand contacted the running belt and was pulled into the pulley, amputating their right index fingertip, just below the fingernail.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.