Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Deeter Foundry Inc, 5945 N 70th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68507
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a grate with a hoist when the grate fell from the hook. The employee's right hand was on a roller track when the grate landed on his finger, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was working in the cooling line area. He was picking up a clamp that had fallen between two rails when his hand was caught between a cart and the hydraulic mechanism that pulls the carts. His middle finger sustained an avulsion and was surgically amputated at the hospital.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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