Sprains

An employee’s gloved hand was pulled into a conveyor shaft, twisting the employee’s left hand around the shaft and severely spraining the ring finger. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

An employee was greasing a skid steer in front of the lube bay. As he walked backwards to move away from the machine, he tripped on a wheel hub that was on the ground behind him, twisting his ankle and falling to the ground.

An employee was removing a coupling from a rotating pipe when his glove was caught in the rotating pipe. The employee’s wrist was wrenched and later surgically repaired.

An employee stepped into an uncovered hole and sprained their back.

An employee’s hand was caught in the plant removal roller and wrenched.