Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EDSAL MANUFACTURING CO., INC., 4345 S. PACKER AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was making an adjustment to a tool punch on a punch press. The press cycled while his hand was on top of the punch crushing a right hand finger.
An employee was validating an exhaust fan belt installation by checking the tightness. The unit's power engaged causing the belt to spin and amputate the employee's left middle fingertip.
An employee was unpacking lockers from a shipping box and stacked a bundle of locker doors to the side. The employee then attempted to move several of the locker doors. A pile of doors fell onto the employee's left leg, fracturing it.
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.
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An employee was emptying scrap from a hopper into a metal dumpster. The employee released the hopper latch and his left index finger was caught between the fork and the hopper frame. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was loading a truck with product, reached to open the shipping door but grabbed a loading bar instead, causing him to fall out of the door. The employee fell approximately 4 feet to the ground and sustained a fracture to the lower right leg.
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.