Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R and R Bindery Services , 499 Rachel Rd , GIRARD, ILLINOIS 62640
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was dropping books into a binding machine and pinched the tip of her right middle finger in the clamp resulting in fingertip amputation.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 323121)
An employee was operating a punch press in a seated position. As he stood up, the machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to a finger on his right hand.
An employee was helping on the end of a book-making line. He was retrieving a stuck book from a book stacker. Components in the stacker amputated his middle finger at the knuckle. He was hospitalized.
On or about December 03, 2015, an employee was lining up paper on the die cutter machine. The machine cycled, and the employee's finger got caught and was amputated between the machine rollers.
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.