Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Handy Button Machine Co., 29 E. Hintz Road, WHEELING, ILLINOIS 60090
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam or feeding tape into a machine when it activated, resulting in a fingertip amputation on the left hand.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was operating an industrial tape cutter machine. He stopped the machine to clear a blockage. While he was clearing the blockage, the machine came down and amputated his left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was setting up the dies on a metal forming machine. He was feeding some material through and jogging the machine when his left middle finder got caught in the point of operation and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee was replacing the trim die on a machine when the machine's stored energy caused the die to come down and contact their fingers. The employee sustained a laceration and fractured left ring and middle fingers.
An employee was pouring nitric acid into a plating bath tub. A mechanical trolley that traveled over the tank approached and startled him. This caused him to spill the acid onto his right arm. His arm was burned from the wrist to the elbow.
An employee had attached a new hammer to a machine that shaped and formed coils of steel. When the employee hit "run" to operate the machine, the hammer struck the employee on the right arm. The employee suffered a broken humerus that required surgery.
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.