Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, TEXAS, INC, 1 LONE STAR PASS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78264
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was offloading a metal container (auto part dolly) onto a mobile cart when her left-hand ring finger got pinched between the two metal pieces. Her fingertip was amputated below the nail.
An employee was helping to grease bearings on a belt and pulley. As he pulled it toward himself, his right ring finger was pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee as investigating a leak at roof level beside a parts rack at the final assembly area. As the employee was taking a picture of the leak, he stepped back into the drive path of a dolly train. The employee made contact with the third dolly in the train causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture a leg.
An employee was checking torque on automobiles when she fell off a work platform. She fell about 18 inches, breaking her left leg and left elbow. She was hospitalized, possibly needing surgery.
An employee was using a cordless impact driver when the bit slipped off a screw head and landed on his left hand, puncturing the palm and requiring hospitalization.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 336111)
An employee was using a battery-powered torque tool to fasten a bolt. The tool was activated and the socket of the tool rotated and pulled in their gloved left hand. The employee sustained a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was inspecting a casted part that weighed 330 pounds. The part fell from a lift assist onto the employee, striking his upper right arm and head. He suffered burns to the upper right arm and was hospitalized.
On June 4, 2025, an employee was skimming molten aluminum when it dripped down from the skimming spoon onto the employee's left pant leg, burning the top of their left foot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
On June 3, 2025, the injured employee was setting a mold with a co-worker when the mold was displaced and caught their right hand against the stop block. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation of their middle finger.
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.