DECATUR, ILLINOIS—
Mueller Co. LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mueller Co. LLC, 500 W Eldorado, DECATUR, ILLINOIS 62525 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a vacuum to clean chips around the table of a drill press when their gloved left hand was caught in the drill bit, resulting in amputations to the index, middle, and ring fingertips.
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ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA—
Mueller Co. LLC
On November 25, 2024, an assembly line employee was preparing to hoist a fully assembled cast iron fire hydrant using a C-clamp hoist. Their left index fingertip became caught between the hook and the eye ring resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA—
Mueller Co. LLC
An employee was loading hydrants onto a paint line bed using hoists and clamps. A hydrant slipped and their fingertip was pinched between the hydrant and clamp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA—
Mueller Co. LLC
An employee was using an impact gun to remove a nut from a pneumatic cylinder during the disassembly of a test cell. When the gun made contact with the nut, residual pneumatic pressure caused the cylinder to release. The employee's left hand was pinned between a rod end of the cylinder and the rod end plate. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a hematoma.
ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA—
Mueller Co. LLC
An employee was using a bar to remove casting debris from a rotary screen. The bar contacted the rotating portion of the screen and bent, and the employee's right hand was pushed against the machine, resulting in a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
DECATUR, ILLINOIS—
MUELLER Co. LLC
On August 8, 2022, an employee was making 1-inch valves on a machine when his left little finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
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