Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Creative Werks, LLC, 1350 Munger Road, BARTLETT, ILLINOIS 60103
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating the automatic packaging line. The employee went to clear a jam and sustained a left thumb amputation.
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a machine and greasing a drive chain under the tape sealer. The employee's right index finger became caught in the drive sprocket and chain and he sustained an amputation to the finger.
On December 9, 2021, a temporary employee was trying to clear candy residue from the top sealer of a horizontal bagger machine using a paper towel. The machine cycled and the employee's fingers were pinched between two steel heated bars that came together to seal a bag, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.
A temporary employee was operating a reach truck when the truck started heading straight toward a pedestrian guardrail. When the employee attempted to dismount the truck, the employee's foot became pinned between the reach truck and the guardrail, resulting in a left foot amputation.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561910)
An employee was walking behind the rewind coding machine while on his phone. He rested his left wrist on top of the slitter bar and his finger came in contact with the roller, resulting in amputation.
The injured employee was assisting the bander operator with dressing units with dunnage. A unit became stuck on the conveyor. The injured employee was pushing the unit on the conveyor when a conveyor roller pulled his shoe in-between the rollers. The employee sustained crushing injuries to their left foot/toes.
An employee was inspecting and adjusting a tray in a thermoforming machine when the the trigger switch was touched, causing the machine door to close on their right hand. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the hand.
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.