Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Anixter Inc., 15101 Trinity Blvd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76155
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating the shrink wrap machine. As he was lowering the stretch wrap to the bottom of a pallet, his left ring finger was caught by the spinning plate that the pallet was sitting on. His finger then became caught in the machine and was amputated.
An employee was reversing an electric pallet jack and backed into the corner of a storage rack. She suffered a fractured ankle, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking near a machine that was in operation when he noticed a loose wire on a large reel as the reel was rotating. The employee was caught by the loose wire causing the reel to flip the employee over and onto the ground resulting in a concussion and whiplash to his body and neck.
An employee had climbed onto warehouse racking and stepped off the racking onto a pallet that was being carried by a forklift. The pallet broke and the employee fell 9 feet with the pallet falling on top of him resulting in fractured vertebrae and 10 stitches.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee reached under a raised truck to pull on the spare tire when the jack slipped, causing their hand to be caught between the fallen truck and the spare tire. The employee was hospitalized with a severe injury to the right hand.
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