TOMBALL, TEXAS—
ProLogix Distribution Services (West) LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ProLogix Distribution Services (West) LLC, 27650 State Hwy 249, TOMBALL, TEXAS 77375 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pulling down the lift gate on his delivery truck when his left middle finger was pinched by the gate, suffering an amputation injury.
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