Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Great Plains Technical Services, Inc., 2719 37th Street NW, MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58554
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee had just put a box on the top of a cabinet. As he descended, his ring caught on a shelving bolt and his left middle finger was amputated.
An employee was offloading containers from his truck using a deck that goes up and down. When the deck was up, he took a step and his foot went between the truck and the deck, resulting in a foot/ankle fracture.
An employee was using a hoist to lift large containers (420 pounds) of steel parts to be dipped into tanks. The employee set a container down on a support and his finger was caught between the container and the support, resulting in amputation just behind the first knuckle.
An employee was operating a riding mower. The employee's left hand became stuck between the mower's front left support bar and its reel. The employee suffered tendon damage to the middle three fingers.
An employee was guiding a motor into a container while a forklift was lowering it. The employee made contact with the motor, which amputated the top of his left thumb.
An employee was moving 4-inch square tubing from a pallet to a four-post rack when his right ring finger was caught between the end of a tube and the rack. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
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A mechanic was replacing the airbag suspension on the front axle of a utility trailer. The airbag blew out, causing an injury to the mechanic's left foot that required hospitalization and surgery.
Employees were installing a truck scale and lowering a module when the injured employee's right ring finger was caught between the module and a side rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger to the first knuckle.
An employee was using a 40-ton press to remold a steel part when a steel plug guide shot out from the press and struck the employee in their midsection, causing three broken ribs and a hematoma.
An employee was servicing an air handler at ground level when their left hand contacted a rotating belt. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was calibrating a 100-ton transfer rail using a forklift attachment referred to as an evener which was a metal lifting device. The employee was holding the evener up so that another employee could slide the forklift tines under the evener bar and lift the calibration blocks. During this process one of the forklift tines pinched the employee s right ring finger between the tine and the evener bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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.