Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Our Lady of Angels Convent, 609 S Convent Road, ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA 19014
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing a bucket from a backhoe and installing a larger one. He was inserting pins to secure the bucket when the bucket shifted and his hand was caught between the pin and the apparatus that holds the pin in place. The employee's little finger and ring finger were partially amputated.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 813110)
A television crew was filming in our sanctuary and asked an employee to adjust the temperature in the space. As the employee turned around after adjusting the temperature, he slipped on the lid of an equipment case and fell. The employee twisted when he fell on the floor and injured his right knee below the patella. The employee sustained swelling, a severe hematoma, and pulmonary embolisms requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was preparing meals in a kitchen when an object struck their head, resulting in a laceration to the head and a swollen right eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a brain injury.
An employee was working from a ladder, changing banners on a wall. The ladder slid backward and gave out and the employee fell, landing on the on the flagstone floor about 13 to 15 feet below. He was hospitalized with a broken elbow and wrist, and he required surgery.
On January 7, 2025, an employee was vacuuming between pews when they tripped over the kneeler in a pew and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.