MACOMB, ILLINOIS—
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dayton Freight Lines, Inc., NTN Bearing Corporation of America, MACOMB, ILLINOIS 61455 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a dock leveler at a loading dock. As the leveler rose, the employee's left hand was caught between the dock plate and the flap. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated (with no bone loss).
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HOLLAND, OHIO—
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
At 1:36 p.m. on July 11, 2024, an employee was holding a truck door open with a strap as freight was unloaded from the truck. The employee was crushed between the carriage of a forklift and the back of the truck, suffering an injury to their right arm, a fractured right seventh rib, and an interior back hematoma. The employee was hospitalized.
HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO—
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
An employee was positioning freight that was not on a pallet. The employee was pulling on the banding when the banding broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and sustain a tibia fracture.
ELYRIA, OHIO—
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
On April 30, 2021, an employee was folding back a dock leveler after making a delivery. The lip plate did not automatically fold down when the push button was used, so the employee used their hand to push it down. The lip plate snapped downward all at once, and the three middle fingers on the employee's right hand were crushed.
CLEVELAND, OHIO—
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
An employee was moving steel flat bars from the forks of a forklift by hand when the material shifted and caught the employee's right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
An employee fell from the trailer of his delivery truck, breaking his ribs and clavicle.
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