Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oshkosh Defense, 2920 Oregon St., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 54902
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
On August 28, 2017, an employee was loading a steel basket with wheel-end components that needed to be cleaned. When he raised the basket with his hoist, the basket slipped off and crushed his left foot. He was hospitalized.
On August 28, 2017, an employee was installing a tire carrier through rework, which required inserting a pin into a part. He was inserting the pin when the holes became misaligned and the part moved, pinching and amputating his left index fingertip between the hole and a bracket.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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