Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TEMPCO ELECTRIC HEATER CORPORATION, 607 N. Central Ave., WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS 60191
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a sand clog in a sand mixing machine when his right middle finger contacted the machine's auger and paddles, resulting in a partial amputation. The machine was energized at the time.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAgitators, mixers-earth, mineral
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An employee was welding when it became necessary to replace the electrode. He lost his grip on the electrode and it fell, puncturing his leg through his denim jeans. The puncture wound became infected, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was rolling a metal piece on an Arcotech rolling machine and got his right ring finger caught between the piece of metal and the roller. The employee's right ring finger was crushed resulting in an amputation.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333414)
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.