Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Harris Potteries Inc., 333 Marshall Street, MARSHALL, TEXAS 75670
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee on a ladder was attempting to adjust a hydraulic press when the press opened and caught/crushed the employee's right thumb in a pinch point.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was carrying a bucket of water to the work bench when he tripped. His right foot became stuck between the base of the 28" mixer re-screener (machine was not in operation) and anchor bolts protruding from the floor. The employee fell with his foot stuck, resulting in a fractured ankle that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was on a step ladder, loosing a bolt connected to a machine. He fell off the ladder, landed on his back less than 4 feet below, and hit his head. The employee sustained head trauma and was hospitalized.
An employee was using a punch press to punch a magnetic strip when the material jammed. When the employee attempted to unjam the press, their left index, middle and ring fingers were caught in the press. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of their left middle finger and received stitches to their left middle, ring, and index fingers.
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.