Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tindall Corporation, 2222 W Malone Ave., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78225
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was removing Styrofoam from a concrete slab that was being lowered when the employee's left hand was crushed between the concrete slab and a steel slab.
An employee was on a portable ladder putting granite in a silo when the bag of granite fell off the forklift and landed on a scissor lift. The bag then rolled off the scissor lift, hitting the portable ladder and knocking the employee off the ladder. The bag landed on top of the employee and they sustained fractures to the ribs and spine.
An employee was operating a drill press, drilling a hole in a piece of plywood, when his gloved right ring finger was caught in the rotating drill bit, causing an amputation.
An employee was laying out wire mesh for a precast concrete form when he slipped on a piece of corrugated duct that was being placed in the product. He fell to the ground, dislocating his right hip and breaking his right femur. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327331)
On September 30, 2025, an employee was applying production labels to a splintered piece of pallet on a conveyor. Their right middle finger was caught as the split line exit conveyor moved forward, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was operating a pattern block roller machine. The employee was pinned (at the mid- to upper torso) between the pusher bar and the assembly platform. The employee suffered broken ribs.
Employees were chipping concrete/brick to separate a building for demolition when the wall collapsed and debris fell onto the employees, resulting in hospitalization of two employees. One employee sustained a fractured left femur and a head injury, and the other sustained a severe head injury.
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.