Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Anguleris, 667 N. State St., ELGIN, ILLINOIS 60123
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee attempted to remove saw dust from a machine after completing an operation. While removing the saw dust, a blade in the machine contacted their right middle finger, resulting in a degloving injury and amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was replacing a light fixture while on the sixth rung of an 8-foot ladder when they fell to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for two broken ribs, a bruised hip, and a punctured lung.
An employee was working from an A-frame ladder to fix an access point for her office's wireless network when she fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured skull and damage to her right ear drum.
An employee was on a ladder moving totes on a conveyor when he slipped and fell, striking his face on the platform. The employee sustained a concussion and was hospitalized.
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.