ASTATULA, FLORIDA—
County Materials Corporation
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at County Materials Corporation, 25750 CR 561, ASTATULA, FLORIDA 34705 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a moving table top (carrousel) on a concrete pipe manufacturing machine during set-up. As the employee went to clean the table skirt, his rag and a finger were pulled into the wheel. His right middle finger was crushed and the fingertip, up to the first knuckle, was surgically amputated.
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MARATHON, WISCONSIN—
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An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide that was leaking from a kiln. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.
ROBERTS, WISCONSIN—
County Materials Corporation
At 10:00 a.m. on March 28, 2023, a side plate of a forklift lifting apparatus came loose at the bottom. An employee was reattaching the plate to the apparatus when the plate displaced and landed on his left foot, just beyond the steel safety toe. He suffered a partial amputation to the third toe.
CEDARBURG, WISCONSIN—
County Materials Corporation
Two employees were offloading 12-inch pipes from a truck at a construction site. They were operating the offloading mechanism when one employee's left little finger was pinched between one rolling pipe and the next. The finger was degloved and the fingertip was medically amputated.
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
County Materials Corporation
An employee was making 12-inch by 32-inch concrete paver blocks. The employee was checking the blocks for cracks when the fingers cart cycled to collect a pallet of blocks from the stacker. The employee was caught between the fingers cart and the stacker and suffered fractures to the left wrist/arm, left side of the pelvis, and lower back.
SALEM, ILLINOIS—
County Materials Corporation
An employee was placing a chuck and strand into a stressing jack arm. The chuck and strand fell into the ram. The employee grabbed the chuck and tried to reposition it. At the same time, another employee was moving the ram down and the injured employee's right little pinky and ring fingers were pinched between the chuck and stressing ram. As a result, the employee's right pinky fingertip was amputated and right ring finger was cut.
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