An employee was operating a food processor when the blades jammed. As he cleared the jam, the food processor restarted and the blades caught his right middle finger, fracturing it and causing an amputation injury.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 813319)
An employee was driving a forklift when she struck a steel I-beam and struck her head on the steering wheel, resulting in a forehead laceration. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches.
An employee was leaving for lunch. The wheel of her knee scooter struck a divot in the floor which caused her to fall into a metal rack. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder.
An employee was working on a ladder over a playground stage. The employee fell from the ladder to the stage; he was hospitalized with eight broken ribs and a concussion.
An employee was attacked by a resident at a domestic violence shelter. The employee suffered a closed head injury and bruising to other parts of the body, caused by an impact with a stair railing.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.