Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Medline Industries, Inc., 1170 S Northpoint Blvd, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 60085
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
On November 9, 2024, an employee was lubricating a drive chain while it was moving, and his left thumb was caught by the chain. The employee was hospitalized with an injured thumb, which required surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time.
An employee was working on a conveyor belt when their left hand became stuck in a roller of the conveyor belt. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the middle finger.
An employee was preparing to unload a truck at a loading dock. There was an exposed wire hanging from the ceiling of the loading dock, and when the employee opened the dock door, the door contacted the wire, causing the employee to suffer an electrical shock.
An employee attempted to pull down a delivery truck's roller door. The employee adjusted his foot position on the rear platform of the truck when he fell and landed on the parking lot, resulting in a fractured hip.
An employee was traveling down an aisle on a powered pallet jack and a co-worker (injured employee) was traveling closely behind on a reach truck. The employee on the pallet jack turned into an aisle and stopped. The co-worker on the reach truck also turned into the same aisle and struck the forks of the pallet jack, crushing their left foot and resulting in a fractured toe and an amputated toe.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
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