Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Louis Meskan Brass Foundry, Inc., 2007-13 N. Major Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60639
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
A conveyor jammed and was at a complete stop. An employee cleared the jam and the conveyor activated. It caught his right glove and pulled his hand in, lacerating it.
An employee was inspecting a core machine because it was not operating. He attempted to clear some sand inside the point of operation. As his hand passed through a light curtain's sensing field, a core table lowered and crushed his right hand, causing lacerations and fractures.
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.
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An employee was on a roof with contractors getting estimates for roof repairs. The employee fell through the roof, struck an air compressor during the fall, and landed on a wooden pallet and the concrete floor approximately 20 feet below. The employee sustained broken vertebrae and a punctured lung.
On January 31, 2020, an employee was tearing down a die and emptying molten metal from a mold when the molten metal contacted the employee, burning his right leg and ankle. He 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.