Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Air System Components, 12504 WEAVER RD, EL PASO, TEXAS 79928
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
On December 15, 2016, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was pulling boxes when she lost her balance and fell. As she was falling, she attempted to break her fall with her hand and suffered a broken wrist. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was jogging a steel coil into a roll former to prepare the machine for a run. The coil started to slip, so he used his left hand to pull on it. His glove was pulled into the roll tooling, which crushed his left middle, ring, and little fingers. The employee sustained amputations to his left ring and little fingers.
An employee was operating a machine on a paint line. They were helping to remove aluminum from the machine and re-thread it when they took a step and contacted hot water in a wash tank, resulting in burns to their left foot.
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting an issue on a bundler machine when the machine actuated, striking and fracturing their right leg. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time.
An employee was performing repairs on a crimping machine when their thumb and index finger were crushed in the crimping mechanism. The employee sustained an amputation to the finger.
An employee was maneuvering a 350-pound roll from a skid to a forklift. The roll fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a partial right finger amputation.
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.