WAYNE, NEBRASKA—
Great Dane Trailers
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Great Dane Trailers, 1200 N Centennial Road , WAYNE, NEBRASKA 68787 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a cart caddy to pull a semi-trailer into the paint booth. The employee was walking backwards and backed up against the bumper of the semi-trailer ahead of him in the paint booth. The cart caddy continued to move towards the employee and struck the employee in the lower leg fracturing the tibia and fibula.
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An employee removed a semi-refrigeration unit from the semi-trailer to repair it. After repair, the employee was putting it back on the semi-trailer, but the bolts did not line up. As the employee tried to adjust the bolts, his left index finger was caught between the refrigeration unit and the semi-trailer resulting in amputation of his nail and a quarter inch of his finger.
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While an employee was making an adjustment on the rivet squeezers, the machine actuated and caused an amputation of the right thumb proximal to the nail bed.
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An employee was building the frame of a trailer. The trailer frame was lowered via hydraulics while the employee's finger was in a pinch point. The distal portion of his left fifth digit was amputated.
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