Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Irsik & Doll Feed Services Inc, 12500 South Beefland Rd., GARDEN CITY, KANSAS 67846
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a rope to move a sick cow out of a pen. The cow suddenly moved and the employee's fingers were caught between the rope and a saddle horn. His right index, middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated.
An employee was riding a horse when it tripped. The employee fell off the horse, and his left foot was caught in the stirrup. He suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized.
An employee was riding a horse to check on cattle when the horse caught a soft spot on the ground causing the horse to bend down and the employee was knocked into a fence. The employee suffered a possible concussion, head laceration, neck pain, and mouth laceration and pain.
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 112111)
An employee was helping to remove attachment forks from a loader. The attachment failed to come off. The employee went to shake the attachment as the loader lowered the forks. The employee's left index finger became caught under the attachment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was in a cow pen, freeing a heifer that was stuck in the bottom cable of the pen fence. Once the heifer became untangled and returned to her feet, she charged at the employee and headbutted his lower left leg from behind. He suffered a compound fracture to the tibia and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Multiple employees were working to treat a bloated animal in a cattle pen. They put a head restraint on the animal. A chain attached to the head restraint device caught the injured employee's index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation around the fingernail area that required surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was sorting cows in a pen when a cow struck a gate the employee was standing behind. The gate subsequently struck the employee, causing him to fall backward and hit his head. The employee suffered a closed head injury that required hospitalization.
An employee was servicing a master lift station and setting up a power analyzer when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns to their hand, arm, neck, and face.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.
Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.