Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Knife River Corporation, In the vicinity of 58th Street NW and Highway 2, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA 58801
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's right ring finger was amputated between the first and second knuckle by the hydraulic ram of an asphalt paving machine.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
An employee was loading a motor onto a trailer when he struck his left elbow against the radiator. His elbow was lacerated and became infected, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was on the spray-down rack in the truck yard unraveling a hose to spray the truck. The employee was walking backward to descend the stairs, walked off the stairs, and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained seven broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a broken hip.
An employee was using a gas trimmer to cut brush when he was stung by a wasp on the left arm. The employee swatted with his right hand across his body and made contact with the blades of the trimmer, amputating the tip of his right ring finger.
On 5/08/2020, at 09:30 AM, an employee was delivering concrete to a construction site and installing the metal chutes on his ready mix truck when his right two middle fingers were pinched between chutes. As a result, he sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of his right middle finger.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327320)
An employee was walking through the garage and stepped on a mechanic's creeper. His feet went out from under him and he fell, sustaining a fractured right femur.
An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.
A concrete mixer truck driver was walking up the stairs of the slump rack. They fell from the slump rack platform and landed on the ground in the wash-out area. The employee sustained fractures to their left scapula and lower back vertebrae.
An employee backed their concrete truck into place to begin unloading it into a concrete pump unit. He exited the vehicle, and went to the rear to unload. When he began unloading, the truck rolled backward and pinned him against the pump unit. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, both femurs, both tibias and fibulas, and their left ankle.
A mechanic was changing out an air spring on a concrete mixer truck cab. The air spring was receiving higher air pressure than it was designed to use, because of a faulty level check valve. This increased pressure caused the air spring to burst. Its top portion separated and struck the employee's left forearm, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.