Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at IMF Solutions LLC, 842 South 26th Street, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN 54220
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
At 10:15 a.m. on May 17, 2022, an employee was cutting a sheet of half-inch oriented strand board on a table saw when the saw blade contacted the employee's right hand. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingertips were amputated.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was troubleshooting a tabletop binding machine at a customer location when the machine cycled and contacted their left middle finger, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.
An employee was setting up a CNC bender to fabricate a new product prototype. A piece of tubing was drawn back into the bending machine and pulled the employee's right hand in with it. His fingertip was caught between the bending and damping dies and amputated.
An employee was at a customer site to service a paper punch machine. The employee's left ring and little fingertips were in the die area when the machine cycled resulting in amputation of both fingertips.
An employee was pulling cardboard to the back opening of a truck. There was slush that made the back of the truck slippery. The employee slipped and fell backward 4 feet from the truck to the ground, sustaining three broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a severe head laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.