Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc., 3899 Route 66, APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA 15613
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a wire sling to stand up a 1,000-pound sheave wheel in a vertical position. The wheel fell over and hit his left foot, crushing it against a 4-by-4. He was hospitalized, and a toe was surgically amputated.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was polishing a guide pin using a CNC lathe when his left glove got caught on the chuck or tool and three of his fingers were pulled in. The employee was hospitalized and underwent reattachment surgery for finger amputations.
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An employee was cleaning a camera lens on a wheel dresser, a machine used to correct the shapes of grinding wheels. The employee's right index finger was caught between the wheel dresser and the grinding wheel being serviced. The fingertip was amputated at the first joint.
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An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.