SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
JLG Industries, Inc.
Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JLG Industries, Inc., 560 Walnut Bottom Road, SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17257 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was winching in the mid-section of a boom on an aerial lift into the base section when their left middle and ring fingers were pinched between the two sections of the boom subassembly. The employee sustained a displaced fracture of the middle phalanx of their left middle finger and the amputation of their left ring fingertip.
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A welder was removing a steel production part from a welding fixture using an overhead crane. He connected the lifting hook to the steel part's center post, then applied tension to the overhead crane. His little finger was pinched between the lifting hook and the steel part, causing the amputation of the tip.
SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
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An employee was assembling a boom lift, inserting and sliding a section of boom into another boom section. The underside of her left middle finger was pinched the two sections, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.
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