Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Discount Tire, 12125 Montwood Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS 79936
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was repairing a tire and lacerated his thumb on a protruding nail in the tire.
An employee was balancing a tire using a tire balancer machine. The employee removed the tire from the balancer and the tire's weight pulled their hand down, causing the the tire balancer shaft to amputate their left index fingertip.
An employee had been servicing cars in the back room when he began to cramp up, experienced trouble breathing, and had chest pain. The employee was hospitalized due to dehydration.
An employee was removing a wheel and tire assembly from the safety inflation cage. The wheel and tire assembly failed and the employee sustained a concussion, a fractured jaw, and broken teeth.
An employee was unnesting tote bags when her grip slipped and the back of her left hand hit a box containing a steel step stool that was adjacent to the tote bags. The employee's hand was fractured.
An employee was cleaning up and putting away equipment when the second toe on her right foot was stubbed on a fixture, resulting in hospitalization and a subsequent amputation of the toe.
An employee was walking when he tripped on a concrete vault lid, jamming his big toe into the tip of his steel toe boots. The employee's big toe was medically amputated.
An employee was cleaning a bathroom. As the employee bent over, the corner of a sink hit the employee's right eyeball, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
On September 23, 2023, an employee was cleaning near a conveyor when they knelt with their right knee on the floor. Their knee contacted a small piece of glass on the floor, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
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