Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABB/Con-Cise Optical Group LLC, 90 Enviro Way, WOOD RIVER, ILLINOIS 62095
on — Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
A lab technician was operating a polishing machine. He went to replace pads within the machine when the camera inside the machine that performs scanning lowered and caught his right wrist against the polishing tank. The employee suffered crush injuries to his wrist that required hospitalization and surgery.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333314)
In a machine shop, an employee was transporting 100-pound metal plates to an assembly table. Three plates began to fall and the employee went to catch them. The plates fell on the employee's fingers, amputating their left middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was setting up a press machine. He was reattaching the air supply to the press when his right index finger was caught and fractured in two places.
An employee picked up a beverage bottle that had previously fallen from a janitor's cart and drank from it. The bottle contained a blue liquid that was a disinfectant cleaning solution. The employee suffered chemical burns to the throat and esophagus and was hospitalized.
An employee was using a broom to sweep debris from the floor in a receiving area. While he was moving a fan out of the way, the fan blade amputated his right ring fingertip and cut his right middle finger.
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.