Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, 1 Lockheed Boulevard, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76108
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing Mylar coating from a stainless steel pipe. He was wearing cut resistant gloves at the time. He then placed the steel pipe on a lathe to sand the coating off the pipe. The rotating steel pipe caught his gloved right hand and pulled it in amputating the middle and ring fingers at the far distal joint.
An employee was walking from one building to another when he slipped on wet concrete and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and dislocation of the right patella.
At 7:45 p.m., an employee was getting off a platform that was elevated less than 4 feet off the ground. His clothing caught on the platform, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured left arm.
On March 16, 2022, an employee was using a pneumatic drill to drill holes in a metal fixture. The drilling location was about 6 feet from the floor, and he was using a 2-foot A-frame stepladder to reach it. He fell from the second step of the ladder to the floor about 2 feet below; suffered a dislocated shoulder and a broken pelvis; and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
On November 16, 2021, an employee was standing on a work platform to clean out an equipment bay on the side of on an aircraft. The employee walked across the platform to retrieve equipment and stepped off an area of the platform that was unprotected due to a retracted slide out. His elbow struck the work platform, resulting in an elbow fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was on the second level of an aircraft maintenance platform installing tags on equipment. The employee stepped on a hole cover and it gave way, allowing the employee to fall 9 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained head trauma, five fractured ribs, and a fractured L5 vertebra.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 336412)
An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.
An employee was troubleshooting a garage door. The door was in its closed position, but still had about an inch of travel when the manual release was triggered. Their right ring finger pad (distal phalanx) was pinched between a belt and pulley. The employee required medical amputation of the finger pad without loss of bone.
An employee was running a high-pressure water cabinet waterblast unit. When the employee released the wand, it propelled itself out of the blast cabinet. The wand whipped around and the high-pressure water stream lacerated the employee's upper right arm.
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.