Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lincoln Provision, Inc., 824 W. 38th Pl., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading carcass hind quarters off the carcass trailer. The weight caused the hook and pulley to fall down onto the employee's hand, which caused his finger to get stuck in the wheel of the pulley and resulted in the amputation of the finger.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Drums, pulleys, sheaves
An employee was activating the sprinkler system at a sports complex following recent maintenance to repair leaky pumps. When the system was activated, a section of newly installed 3-inch schedule 80 PVC pipe struck the employee, who lost consciousness. The employee suffered a broken jaw and a concussion.
An employee was cutting metal with a torch. A piece of metal struck the employee's left foot, causing multiple fractures to metatarsal(s). The employee was hospitalized.
An employee had been conducting crane operations. The employee went to stop a piece of oil and gas equipment for tubular running from falling over to the ground. Their right hand was caught between a rolling ladder and the equipment, resulting in fractures to the index and middle fingers. They were hospitalized and the middle finger required surgery.
An employee was repositioning a large casting with a chain. The chain slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in hospitalization with a fracture to his upper arm and a crushing injury to his thumb.
An employee was installing a rear suspension airbag beneath a hydro-excavation truck when the airbag slipped off the truck's frame and struck him in the face. The employee sustained multiple facial fractures and an intraparenchymal hemorrhage and was hospitalized.
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An employee was grinding meat in a meat grinder when the auger caught his nitrile glove and pulled his arm into the machine. The employee sustained amputation of their left hand and arm to halfway up the forearm and required surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
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A warehouse employee was operating a forklift in the freezer area. While making a turn, the forklift slid on condensation that had accumulated on the freezer floor. The forklift struck a yellow pole that designates the exit path and the employee s left heel became caught between the forklift and the yellow pole, resulting in a heel pad avulsion, or rupture of the heel fat pad. The employee's injury required surgery and hospitalization.
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.