Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CAPFORM, INC., 19 Woodall Rogers Freeway, DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing shoring material when it slipped out of the employee's hand and amputated the right pinky fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
Employees were repairing a metal truss. As they lowered it to the ground, its weight shifted toward one of the employees. The employee's left index finger was caught between the edge of the truss and a steel-toe boot and was amputated between the first knuckle and the lower part of the nailbed. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was signaling a crane operator to hoist a form. As the crane lifted the load, the spreader bar chain pinched the employee's left middle finger. The finger was amputated.
Two employees were taking cross-braces off a shoring tower and handing them to a third employee at the base of the frame. They were working from the top down, and had removed the braces from the top two sections; as they began to remove the braces from the bottom section, the tower tipped over and landed on the employee on the ground. The employee suffered three broken vertebrae and three dislocated vertebrae in the back.
Three employees were attempting to relocate a shoring tower when the tower fell over and struck them. One of the employees received neck injuries and required stitches to the index and ring fingers. A second employee fractured the lower left leg and was hospitalized. The third employee received a contusion to the right hand.
An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.
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