Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC, 6555 MONARCH ROAD, LONGMONT, COLORADO 80503
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was installing a ramp weighing approximately 500 pounds from the sidewalk to the back of a trailer when his left ring finger became pinched between the ramp and the sidewalk, resulting in amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
The end of a maintenance employee's left thumb was crushed in the pinch point of a belt and pulley while he was manually pulling on the belt to rotate the parts of a locked-out production machine.
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 325992)
During a machine restring-up operation, the employee at the unwinder opened an access door in an elevated work platform to re-thread the machine and turned around. When he turned back, he stepped into the access opening and fell three feet. The employee's lower right leg was fractured.
A forklift driver got off a forklift to adjust a pallet. The top pallet of products fell, breaking the driver's leg. The driver was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was performing routine maintenance on a coating machine. A stuck idler roll sprung loose, jamming three of the employee's fingers between the idler roll and the frame of the machine. The employee's middle finger was injured.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.