Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Empire Comfort Systems, Inc., 918 Freeburg Avenue, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS 62220
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a bander when his finger was caught in the pulley and belt, resulting in a right index finger amputation.
An employee was walking from his car into the building when he slipped on the icy sidewalk and fell. His head hit the concrete, causing brain swelling that required hospitalization.
An employee was using a press brake to form a metal part. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the part and the mold; the fingertip was amputated.
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 a drill press when their hand became caught in the drill and they sustained an amputation to the distal end of their right ring finger.
An employee was operating a hydraulic brake press when the machine cycled and came down on his right hand, resulting in cuts to his index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee sustained a medical fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a drill press in the small parts department when their glove was caught in the drill press resulting in amputation of their right ring finger below the first knuckle.
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.