Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC, 601 Division Ave South, CAVALIER, NORTH DAKOTA 58220
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was moving a portable expandable roller conveyor system in the truck loading area when the conveyor system wheel rolled into a divot in the ground and the expandable portion of the conveyor closed on the employee's left middle finger, amputating it to the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC
An employee was walking from the parking lot to the store to begin work,d slipped on ice that had accumulated on the sidewalk in front of the store, and fell onto the concrete. The employee received a compound fracture to the right leg.
An employee was installing a conveyor motor cover, when four of the fingers on his right hand were crushed by a chain and sprocket in the running motor. One fourth of the right index finger was later amputated at the hospital. The conveyor was not locked out at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.