Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Transport Corporation of America Inc, 9186 S Hamptons Rd, DALLAS, TEXAS 75232
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was trying to cage a brake chamber with a caging bolt. The caging bolt was too short, so the employee applied shop air to the chamber to connect the bolt. As the employee was installing a fitting on the chamber to connect it to the air hose coupling, the employee's left middle finger was caught and crushed between the chamber and bolt washer.
At a delivery site, a driver stepped out of a truck and onto uneven ground/a pothole. The employee fell backward and sustained a fracture to the lower back and a dislocated finger.
An employee was walking around his truck at the customer's loading dock area when they slipped in mud and fell, resulting in a broken right ankle and leg.
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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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.
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