Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Concrete Partners, 1690 Mesquite Tree Road, ELM MOTT, TEXAS 76640
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to remove jammed wood from a band saw when the blade cut his index finger. The saw was not locked/tagged out at the time.
An employee was preparing dunnage for the setting of concrete products. The employee's hand was on top of the dunnage when the product was placed, pinching the employee's finger between the dunnage and the product. As a result, the employee's left index fingertip had to be amputated at the nail.
Two employees were cleaning a concrete form. It fell over and they both jumped off of the form. One employee's leg was hit and fractured. The second employee was pinned between two concrete forms and sustained broken bones and internal injuries. Both were hospitalized.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
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.