Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cooper B Line, 3764 Longspur Road, PINCKNEYVILLE, ILLINOIS 62274
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On February 8, 2019, at approximately 8:30 AM an employee was cutting a 3" pipe with a bandsaw. While cutting, the pipe spun and hit the employee's left thumb area resulting in a laceration and a fracture.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee put a repaired motor back on a stamping press and was turning the belts to make sure they were all lined up in the groove. His hand became caught between the motor pulley and belt. He sustained a crushing injury with an open distal phalanx fracture and a nail and nailbed injury to the left index fingertip.
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.