Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at White Construction Inc., 875 Maytown Rd, OHIO, ILLINOIS 61349
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was turning gears with his foot when his foot became caught. The injury required surgery.
On May 7, 2025, at 2:52 PM, an employee was walking on the catwalk (approximately 14" wide grating) in front of the cab of a lattice boom crawler crane. As he was crossing over to climb down from the crane, he missed the grabrail and lost balance. He began falling and did not want to hit the track so he pushed his feet backward, to land on unobstructed ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to his L4 vertebra.
An employee was driving a rough terrain lift down a road and moved toward the ditch to allow a car to pass. The lift then rolled into a ditch and overturned. The employee suffered broken ribs, a lacerated lung, and an L1 vertebra fracture.
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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An employee was terminating cables in a junction box. A loose ground wire came into contact with the bushing, causing a flash that burned the right side of the employee's face and his right hand.
An employee was using a bucket truck hoist to raise secondary aerial wiring. The wire made contact with the primary wire, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to both hands and was hospitalized.
An employee was terminating conductors to buss bars inside the secondary compartment of a single-phase transformer. An arc flash occurred, causing burns to the soft tissue of the employee's face.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
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.