Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Plasson USA, 6020 Osborn Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77033
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On February 13, 2015, a temporary employee was doing pipe fitting work at the job site and lifted a compressor. The compressor fell down and injured his left index finger. The finger was later amputated.
An employee was rolling a pipe in a cutting rack and his right little finger became caught between sections of the pipe. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was working a vertical bandsaw, cutting half-inch diameter rods into pieces. While using a steel chisel to move the cut pieces, the blade caught his leather glove and pulled his index finger in. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger between the first and second knuckle.
An employee was operating a lathe in a machine shop. The rotating head of the lathe caught the employee's left glove, resulting in a compound open fracture to the left wrist and a laceration to left ear.
An employee was descending the stairs of an oil/gas rig. As he approached the fifth step from the bottom, he slipped. His left ankle was caught in the steps, and he suffered fractures to the left fibula, tibia, and talus. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
The injured employee was loading a piece of pipe into a pipe bending machine. He had his right hand on the front of the loader while his left hand supported the piece of pipe in the back. A second operator had slightly clamped around the pipe to keep it in place. The third operator called out a measurement. The machine actuated and caught the the injured employee's left middle and ring fingers between the wiper and the material. The employee required surgery and sustained amputations to the distal joint of the middle and ring fingers.
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.