Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, 1553 E. 162nd St. , SOUTH HOLLAND, ILLINOIS 60473
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a customer's semi trailer. The engine was started, causing the trailer to lower onto the employee's right hand. The employee's index and middle fingers were crushed.
An employee was assisting with straightening out a bent mudflap bracket using a jack. As the mudflap moved, the jack shifted causing the employee's hand to strike the bottom of the semi-trailer. The employee sustained abrasions and a fracture to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee jacked up a trailer for repair and then got under the axle to perform work. The trailer was equipped with an auto-leveling system. The system activated and pinned the employee between the axle and the ground.
On 5/6/2016, an employee broke his left femur while installing a tire on an 18-wheeler. He used a torque wrench to tighten the lug nuts. The torque wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance, fell forward, and broke his left femur. The employee was hospitalized as a result of the injury.
An employee was working on a truck that was on a jack stand. The truck came off the jack stand and struck the employee's torso, causing internal injuries and bleeding.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 441320)
An employee was replacing a tire on a wheelbarrow when the tire exploded. The employee sustained fractures to his right hand and an abrasion to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his right hand.
An employee was guiding a customer's automobile onto the alignment rack when the vehicle drove over the rack and pinned the employee against the alignment computer. The employee sustained a bruised left hand and a fractured left fibula and was hospitalized.
An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was returning to their truck after collecting a check for a delivery of tires. As they were shutting the door on the back of their box truck they were struck by an electric all-terrain vehicle that was being serviced, resulting in a fractured left ankle, fractured elbow with bone through the skin, and fractured pelvis.
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.