Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Industries Of South Texas, 2961 South Port Avenue, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78405
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employee was sent to Industrial Piping Steel Co. in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a temporary worker. He was operating a machine to cut metal and had a finger amputated. He was then taken to the hospital.
An employee climbed a ladder to remove a ceiling tile and gain access to a locked office. The employee went over the wall, stepped on a ceiling tile, and fell through the ceiling to the floor, breaking both heels and requiring surgery.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was removing boxes from a pallet. When he stepped backward, his foot caught on shrink wrap. He fell to the concrete, landing on his right hip and breaking it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was unpacking donations from a donation bin and moving a portable canopy when he lost his balance and fell forward. The employee struck his head on the concrete and sustained a fractured C4 vertebra and a laceration to the forehead that required stitches.
An employee was placing signs on merchandise when they tripped and fell to the floor on their left side. The employee broke a hip and was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was lowering a person from a van using a lift. The employee's right thumb was caught in the van lift and severely wounded, resulting in a partial amputation.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.