Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Diesel Radiator Co., 1985 Janice Avenue, MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160
on — Amputations, affecting the Fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was placing a radiator on the floor and caught their middle finger underneath it, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was reconnecting equipment after downtime maintenance. The equipment shifted and the employee's fingertip was pinched between the air cylinder clevis and mounting bracket, resulting in amputation to the very end of the left middle finger.
A ramp agent was connecting two baggage carts together. His right hand was caught between the tongue of one cart and the receiver of the other cart resulting in a middle fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a register and assisting customers with their right hand near the office door. The door was shut and the tip of the employee's thumb was caught in the hinge, resulting in a right thumb injury that required surgical amputation.
An employee was loading an aircraft. They were moving a pallet of cargo and was using a floor lock when their left index fingertip was amputated. The employee was hospitalized.
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.