Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Company, 201 W Main St, BUSHNELL, ILLINOIS 61422
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
On September 8, 2023, an employee was using an overhead hoist to dump a batch of center punches from a heat treating tub into the normalizer. The tub fell out of the dumping cradle and onto the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the left foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedTanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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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.
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