Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tideport Distributing, Inc. , 16031 DeZavalla Road , CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS 77530
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was maneuvering a fifth wheel plate onto the bucket of a front-end loader. The employee and a coworker lost control of the plate, which fell flat. As it fell, the employee's right middle finger got pinned between the top of the front-end loader bucket and the fifth wheel plate, amputating the tip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Front and power shovels
More severe injuries at Tideport Distributing, Inc.
An employee stopped at a truck stop and climbed to the top of the trailer that he was hauling. He was transporting a load of approximately 6,500 gallons of fuel oil. The dome lid at the top of the trailer forcibly blew off the tank, causing him to fall to the ground and suffer a neck laceration.
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.
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An employee was driving a truck when it lost power. He pulled over, opened the hood, checked the engine, and opened the radiator cap. Pressure in the radiator caused hot fluid to spew over the employee, who suffered second-degree burns to the left arm, hand, and leg.
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.