Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DJ Mueller Enterprises Inc., 1660 West 75th st, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS 60515
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was looking under the hood of a vehicle. The employee came into contact with a running belt and suffered a potential left middle finger amputation.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
On April 28, 2023, at approximately 9:00 AM, two employees were lifting a steel rework table off the ground. The injured employee dropped the table and their right middle finger was caught and amputated between the table and the floor.
On January 26, 2021, an employee was adjusting the bed height of a hydraulic press. The table/bed adjustment handle slipped and the table dropped on the employee's right hand. The employee's thumb was crushed between the bed and one of the pins the employee had been adjusting, and the thumb tip was amputated without bone loss.
An employee was sending a part through a pass-through parts washer. He was attempting to guide the part when his glove and finger were caught in the conveyor, pinching his fingertip at the transition from the washer to the roller conveyor. As a result, his right ring fingertip was amputated.
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.