Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TDIndustries, 4151 Amon Carter Blvd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76155
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While rolling the belt onto or off a pulley, the employee's glove was caught in between the pulley cutting the right pinky.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHeating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
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An employee was shutting down a riser pipe to a fire sprinkler system in a section of a building. After performing the shutdown, he went through a set of double doors and onto a small walkway that led to the mechanical room of the elevator. The elevator's floor had been removed as a result of a construction project, and the employee fell approximately 80 feet down the shaft. He suffered spinal fractures, leg fractures, and a broken arm.
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.
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