Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fall River Foundry, 670 S. Main Street, FALL RIVER, WISCONSIN 53932
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a punch press and caught his arm in the press resulting in an elbow injury.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331522)
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An employee was operating a hammer machine to forge a heated nickel alloy billet. A fragment of the material broke off and struck the employee in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to have the piece of metal removed from his abdomen.
An employee was taking the temperature of a furnace and a foundry crucible when the crucible broke and splashed molten metal onto the employee's back and neck causing burns. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was welding a steel casting (weighing approximately 650 lbs.) when the casting moved and fell on his right foot, resulting in a crushed right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was lifting a component into a water blast machine when their right middle finger got caught between the lifting hook of the hoist and the component resulting in a fingertip amputation.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.