Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valley Fastener Group, LLC, 5S250 Frontenac Road, NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing a die from a machine when his foot came off the brake. The die came down and crushed his right thumb.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332722)
An employee was drawing wire when a chain caught three fingers on his right hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger, the fingerprint pad of the middle finger, and the tip of the index fingerprint pad.
An employee was buffing production parts and the rotating wheel contacted their left hand, resulting in hospitalization due to a laceration to the hand and a fracture to the hand and wrist.
An employee was repositioning a washer on an assembly machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated.
An employee was helping to remove a die from a press. The forks shifted on the forklift they were using and the die pinched their arm against the safety bar, resulting in crush injuries to the right hand, a fractured right radius, and a laceration requiring stitches.
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.