Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Crown Lift Trucks, 2113 South West Street, WICHITA, KANSAS 67213
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing a battery from a lift truck. While pushing the battery out of the truck, the top of the battery injured three fingers on her right hand.
An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.
On June 6, 2025, an employee was performing maintenance on a vertically-stored dock leveler. After completing the hydraulic repair, the employee went to exit the work area when their pant leg got caught on the bumper of the dock leveler. This caused the employee to lose their balance and fall out of the open dock door, approximately 37.5 inches. The employee sustained a lower left leg fracture.
An employee was manually moving a forklift battery in its compartment when her right index finger was pinched between the battery and the top of the compartment. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
On April 30, 2024, while at a customer location loading equipment onto a flatbed trailer for transport, an employee was injured when the trailer settled downward and pinched the employee's left foot between the equipment being loaded and the dock plate. The foot was fractured.
An employee was installing a dock leveler at a customer location. Cardboard was under the plate and a pry bar was used to lift the dock plate to remove the cardboard. The pry bar shifted and the dock plate fell on the employee's left ring and middle fingertips resulting in amputations.
Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.
Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.
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An employee was using a punch and hammer to remove a pin from the mast of a forklift. The mast was secured by an overhead crane. The mast shifted, and the employee's thumb was pinched between the mast and the punch, resulting in an amputation to the tip of his left thumb.
On September 22, 2025, an employee tripped and fell over a permanent fixture (angle iron) that serves as a parking block in the back of a facility. He suffered a fractured right hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was helping a customer with repairs on their trailer. While lowering the ramp door of the trailer, the customer dropped the door and it contacted the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was working to lay a part in the vise of the band saw in preparation for cutting. The left vise closed, pinching his fingertips against the part. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated and they sustained a laceration to the index finger requiring stitches.
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.