Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Setco Solid Tire, 1803 NW Seminole Ave, IDABEL, OKLAHOMA 74745
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While picking up a mold plate with an overhead crane, an employee's left thumb was crushed between a lifting shackle and a mold plate, resulting in a broken thumb and laceration.
An employee was loading a steel plate onto a fabrication table using an overhead hoist when their left little finger was caught between the plate and the table, resulting in crush injuries that required a surgical amputation of the finger.
After three metal pallets fell off a trailer, an employee came down from the trailer. The trailer then moved, and the tire of the trailer struck a metal pallet. The employee's left leg was caught between the pallet and a retaining wall resulting in a degloving injury to the calf.
An employee was repositioning a pallet that was misaligned on a batch-off pallet magazine. When he raised the pallet, his left thumb tip was caught and crushed between the pallet and pallet magazine frame, removing flesh and the nail.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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Two employees were replacing a motor on an overhead conveyor. The old motor fell to the floor, causing a piece of the concrete floor to fly up and strike the injured employee in the face, around the eye. The injured employee sustained a right orbital fracture, a zygomatic arch fracture, and a sphenoid fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was changing the bladder on a hydraulic press. As he lowered the bladder, his left foot was pinned between its bottom ring and the bottom mold of the press. The second toe on the foot was amputated.
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An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
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