Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lowe Electric Supply Company, 105 Lukken Industrial West, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA 30240
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was sliding a fork extension onto forklift forks when the fork extension slipped from his grip and his left hand was caught between the fork extension and the forklift forks, resulting in an amputation to the left middle digit.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedVehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327113)
An employee was opening the door to a vertical lathe to remove a part. The part pushed open the door and fell onto him. It struck him, knocking off his hat, and then landed on his right foot. His toes were fractured and two were medically amputated. He also suffered a minor abrasion on the right side of his forehead. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a grinding machine to grind ceramic when a button was hit and their left middle finger was caught between a ceramic part and the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a 1,600-ton dry press machine. He was standing on the pressing platform while waiting for the press cycle to complete. He fell off the platform and his head struck the reinforced concrete floor about 2 feet below. He lost consciousness and began bleeding from the back of his head and the side of his nose. He was hospitalized.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.