On October 31, 2017, an employee was attempting to clear corn stalks from a combine because the retrofitted blower was not working correctly. The employee's right hand was inside the combine when the still-rotating chopper blades amputated it.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 541710)
An employee was removing an access panel to a machine when their left index finger was caught between the panel and the machine surface flange. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was departing an airport gate area after walking out of a plane when they tripped on the seam of an unlevel carpet. The employee fell forward to the floor and sustained a fractured right shoulder/arm, right knee pain, a hip injury, and facial lacerations.
An employee was lifting up buckets in a spray paint booth. The employee lost balance when they stood up and fell to the floor resulting in a broken femur.
An employee finished cleaning the feeder from the extruder line and was descending a step ladder. The ladder moved unexpectedly, causing the employee to lose balance and fall. The employee's left ring finger contacted a slowly rotating agitator resulting in a broken bone and lacerated tendon.
An employee was walking in a garage toward her delivery vehicle. As she stepped down a curb near her vehicle, she fell and landed on the concrete garage floor, resulting in a hip injury that required hospitalization.
Employees were performing maintenance operations on a railroad line when the machine experienced a load conveyor motor failure. While clearing the machine to allow for repairs, an employee pinned the left side of the swing conveyor. The operator on the right side then requested a slight bump to the left to align the right side for pinning. Once the swing was in position, the operator went to pin the right side and the chain tensioner failed, resulting in an abrupt release of the swing chain. The chain snapped back and struck the operator s right hand, resulting in a 1-inch laceration and a fractured fifth metacarpal. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on the hand.
At about 9:15 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was riding along a hardpack snow-covered roadway on a snowmobile. The snowmobile went over a berm and tipped/rolled, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered a collapsed left lung and was hospitalized.
An employee was decommissioning a substation. The tower switch was being set down on the ground when the switch blade moved. The employee's finger was crushed and amputated.