Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Marshalls, 1304 Hicksville Rd., MASSAPEQUA, NEW YORK 11758
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was closing the safe door in a store's cash room when the door closed on the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was turning in a chair while closing a safe. The safe door closed on his left index finger, causing a soft-tissue amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was walking into the store from the parking lot to begin her shift. Before she made it to the store entrance, a customer walked into her causing her to fall to the ground and sustain injury to her left hip. The employee then walked into the store and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was helping to set up display tables on the sales floor of a store. The employee tripped over a display table leg and fell onto her back. As she was falling back, she twisted and fractured her ankle.
An employee was moving hand weights to a wall fixture when the shelf gave way and the merchandise struck the employee's head, resulting in a concussion.
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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