JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
County Materials Corporation
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at County Materials Corporation, 1104 East L T Townline Road, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 53546 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was making 12-inch by 32-inch concrete paver blocks. The employee was checking the blocks for cracks when the fingers cart cycled to collect a pallet of blocks from the stacker. The employee was caught between the fingers cart and the stacker and suffered fractures to the left wrist/arm, left side of the pelvis, and lower back.
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Two employees were offloading 12-inch pipes from a truck at a construction site. They were operating the offloading mechanism when one employee's left little finger was pinched between one rolling pipe and the next. The finger was degloved and the fingertip was medically amputated.
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An employee was placing a chuck and strand into a stressing jack arm. The chuck and strand fell into the ram. The employee grabbed the chuck and tried to reposition it. At the same time, another employee was moving the ram down and the injured employee's right little pinky and ring fingers were pinched between the chuck and stressing ram. As a result, the employee's right pinky fingertip was amputated and right ring finger was cut.
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