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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Kenworth Truck Company

Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kenworth Truck Company, 65 Kenworth Drive, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO 45601 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was setting the 5th wheel onto a truck body. A hoist moved and its hook caught on the 5th wheel. The employee's left index finger was caught in a bolt hole and the fingertip was amputated just below the nailbed.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Kenworth Truck Company

On April 3, 2023, an employee was opening a folding side-view truck mirror when her finger was caught in the pinch point where the mirror pivots. She sustained a partial amputation to the left index finger.

Kenworth Truck Company

An employee was working 13-15 feet in the air from a stationary scissor lift, to repair an overhead hoist. The scissor lift tipped over and the employee fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the ribs and shoulder.

Kenworth Truck Company

An employee was using an awl to line up a frame rail prior to stud welding operations when his right index finger was caught in the frame rail rollers, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Kenworth Truck Company

An employee was repairing a pusher motor when the employee's finger was caught in a metal grate.

Kenworth Truck Company

An employee was using a hoist to align a bolt in a front disc brake when he dropped the bolt. The employee went to pick it up and his right index finger slipped inside the bolt hole. The hoist was activated at the same time and the employee's index fingertip was amputated.

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