Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Firestone Complete Auto Care, 311 S Congress Ave, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on the timing belt under a vehicle when a coworker came and turned on the vehicle. Once the vehicle was turned on, the belt system trapped the employee's left index finger and amputated the distal knuckle.
An employee was removing a tire from a rim at a tire machine when their left index fingertip was caught between the tire and the rim. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was working on a car performing several engine services when his right hand contacted the serpentine belt, resulting in amputation of the distal tip of the index finger and injury to the nail bed on the middle finger.
A customer was driving their car out of the parking lot without paying their bill. The car struck an employee, who ended up on the hood of the vehicle. As the car turned onto the street, the employee was thrown off the hood and sustained a head injury requiring hospitalization.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip 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.