JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI—
ABB Inc.
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Dislocation of joints
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ABB Inc., 500 West Highway 94, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI 65101 on — Dislocation of joints, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was modifying a slide for a winder on an end milling machine when the employee's right little finger contacted the machine and was dislocated.
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On April 30, 2025, a field service engineer was working on robots in a cell when the line faulted. The engineer went to unjam the line and the machine caused an amputation to their left index fingertip (about 3/4" total from the fingertip). The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA—
ABB Inc
An employee was driving a reach truck when it struck another reach truck that was backing away from a loading dock. The second truck came into contact with the employee's left leg through the open entrance of their own truck. The employee suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI—
ABB, INC
An employee was performing maintenance on a stamping die and lowering the stripper plate back onto the die using a pendant on a hoist. The employee sustained a left hand fingertip amputation.
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI—
ABB Inc
An employee was feeding slit coil into the press. As the employee cleared a jam, their gloves got caught in the material feeder resulting in a fingertip amputation.
WESTVILLE, OKLAHOMA—
ABB, Inc.
An employee was cutting bar stock with an automated saw. The pneumatic clamp crushed her left ring finger at the nailbed. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
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