Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc, 25039 W. Eames St., CHANNAHON, ILLINOIS 60410
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained an amputation of soft tissue on his index finger.
An employee was washing a concrete mixer when their fingers were caught between the folding chute and the main chute on the concrete mixer truck. The employee's left index and middle fingers were partially amputated.
On July 2, 2020, an employee was performing maintenance work on a pneumatic cylinder to remove a spacer. The cylinder amputated four of the employee's fingers. Two fingers on each hand were amputated.
An employee was on a ladder performing a cleaning operation when he lost his footing and fell onto a hard surface, injuring his back and requiring hospitalization.
A concrete truck driver was washing out the truck's concrete drum when the nozzle of the hose he was using made contact with a hopper. The pad of his right thumb was torn off.
On or about June 28, 2016, an employee was operating a dolly to move a hydraulic brake weighing several hundred pounds. The hydraulic brake fell over and injured the employee's knee.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was changing a boom pipe delivery system on a concrete pump truck. He tripped and fell from an elevated level to the ground, resulting in multiple leg fractures.
An employee was reading numbers off a belt that feeds a plant. He reached his hand up and the belt caught his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was holding a form board on a section of pavement. A skid steer backed into the employee's ankle, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.
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.