Event or exposure unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Monro, Inc, 2023 Madison Ave, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08701
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unlocking a yard gate from within a car. His finger was caught between the gate and the car, and the fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Automobile
An employee was hot patching a tire, which involves lighting a flammable liquid on fire to patch the tire. The flammable liquid contacted his arm, and he sustained burns to his arms and face.
On July 19, 2025, an employee was filling a wheelbarrow tire with air when the tire exploded, resulting in severe injuries to their right hand including a partial amputation.
An employee was placing an automotive tire on a balance and mount machine when the tire crushed their left ring fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation that was surgically reattached.
Two employees were attempting to align a car with an alignment rack, but the rack was not reading the car properly. The employee in the car attempted to move the car back and forth so the rack could read it when the car rolled off the rack and struck the injured employee, resulting in a fractured leg.
An employee was operating a forklift on the airport ramp environment to help offload cargo pallets from a tractor trailer. He was manually locking the cargo dolly (a specialized piece of ground support equipment used to transfer pallets) to prevent the load device from shifting or falling off the dolly during transportation. The employee stepped between the K-loader and the dolly to put up a lock when they became pinned between the loader and the dolly, resulting in inflammation to their left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee had been loading a trailer. Their foot was caught in the trailer and/or trailer hitch, resulting in a severe laceration to a toe that required surgical amputation.
An employee had been trimming trees. They were found unresponsive in the cabin of the trimmer. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.
The injured employee was standing on a form/bed where concrete is poured and was removing concrete from the form(s). Another employee indicated through hand signals to the injured employee that the chocks had not been removed from the strands. The employee jumped down from the bed to ground level. The bed then started moving toward him. He went to jump over the drive wheel to get out of the way of the bed, but his foot got caught in the drive wheel. The employee sustained a severe laceration and crush injuries to the foot that required surgery.
An employee was preparing meals in a kitchen when an object struck their head, resulting in a laceration to the head and a swollen right eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a brain injury.
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