Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EAGLE CRUSHER CO INC., 521 E. SOUTHERN AVE., BUCYRUS, OHIO 44820
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On October 20, 2021, an employee was rigging a steel part to a chain hoist. The part fell, causing the chain to become taught and pinch the employee's finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
On October 19, 2017, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an employee fell from a platform ladder to the ground and suffered a head laceration, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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