Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Export Packaging Co., Inc., 525 10th Avenue E, MILAN, ILLINOIS 61264
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving a battery yoke lifting device in the battery charging area. The device's adjustor grooves pinched the employee's left middle finger, resulting in amputation of the finger.
On March 21, 2023, at approximately 1:12 PM, a paint prep employee was adjusting a cylinder on a rack when his right little finger became caught between the cylinder and rack. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
On September 27, 2022, an employee was using a radial arm saw to cut a board. As he was pulling the sawblade across the board, the blade injured his left arm. His hand was medically amputated above the wrist.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 488991)
An employee was driving a counterbalance forklift. When he approached the opening of a demising wall, his lower left leg/foot got caught between the forklift and the bollard. He sustained a fracture.
An employee was cutting boards using a table saw when their right hand came in contact with the blade, resulting in amputations to their middle, ring, and little fingers.
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.