Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LKQ Pick Your Part Midwest, LLC, 3130 South Saint Louis Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60623
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a catalytic converter with a shear machine. The shear cut the employee's fingers, causing partial amputations.
On February 9, 2024, an employee was walking on a scale alongside a camper while performing a visual inspection when their clothing got caught by a piece of trim on the camper, causing them to fall 2 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured right femur that required hospitalization.
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.
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On April 22, 2025, an employee was loading a transmission onto the truck. He went to manually adjust the forks of a sit-down forklift when the transmission fell. The employee's right middle finger got caught between the concrete and the fork, resulting in traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx.
An employee was in the back of a delivery truck when a pickup truck struck the delivery truck. The employee contacted the side wall of the delivery truck and sustained a head injury.
An employee was moving a metal crate of unstable product on a rack so that it could be removed, when the crate became dislodged and fell. The crate struck his left ankle and his lower leg was fractured.
A salvage vehicle was on a front-end loader/forklift with the forks completely down. The operator got out of the loader to retrieve something from the salvage vehicle when the forks on the front-end loader began to lift the vehicle up while he was in it. He went to step out of the vehicle and fell five to six feet to the dirt pad below. The employee sustained fractured hip and pelvic bones.
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.
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