Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kimberly Clark Corporation, 2466 FM 137, PARIS, TEXAS 75460
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was feeling to see if there was a leak at the location when his right middle finger slipped into a hole. A butterfly valve below the hole actuated and caused a partial amputation of the right middle finger.
An employee was inspecting the inside of a dryer. An object moved inside the dryer, crushing the employee's skull against the side of the dryer. The employee suffered multiple skull fractures.
An employee was attempting to place a core plug into a core at the hard roll towel area and pinched his left middle finger between the core and the core plug resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was walking in the basement where hot stock had overflowed and floated a grate up off the drain. The employee stepped into the uncovered drain hole and suffered second degree burns to the left leg and foot.
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 339932)
An employee was moving a box of markers off the conveyor when his finger was caught between two plates used to control forward movement on the conveyor, resulting in an amputation at the second knuckle.
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) in reverse. The employee's hand was outside of the PIT when it came into contact with a skid, crushing the employee's index and middle fingers and resulting in two fingertip amputations.
An employee was operating a crimper machine. While the employee was putting a metal holder piece in place, the machine somehow activated, causing the ram to engage. The employee's right hand was caught between the ram and the machine deck. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of broken bones in the right hand.
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.