An employee was trying to dislodge a part jammed on a conveyor. The conveyor caught the employee's glove and pulled in the employee's left hand, causing fractures to the index and ring fingers and amputating the middle finger.
An employee was operating a powered industrial rider/tugger. The employee was thrown from the vehicle and landed on a guardrail, suffering broken ribs and a possible punctured lung.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 212299)
An employee was operating a forklift to move garbage. As they stepped off the forklift, the employee slipped/fell. The forklift then ran over the employee's leg, resulting in a leg fracture.
An employee was operating a powered industrial rider/tugger. The employee was thrown from the vehicle and landed on a guardrail, suffering broken ribs and a possible punctured lung.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.