Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Team Industrial Services, Inc., 2681 State Hwy 214, DENVER CITY, TEXAS 79323
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's left index finger was smashed between a ratchet handle and measuring rod while doing a hot tap. The first digit of the employee's finger was amputated.
An employee was removing a plug from a 3-inch pipe located under a drum. As they loosened seals on the plug, they were sprayed with hot water, resulting in thermal burns to their right arm, right abdomen, right thigh, and left hand.
An employee was performing bolting activities with a wrench. The employee's left index finger was caught between the wrench and a flange, and the fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was ascending a ladder and slipped and fell to the ground, striking his head and back. The employee sustained a skull fracture with internal bleeding, two fractured vertebrae, and a fractured rib.
An employee was overseeing the manufacturing and machining of a part. The employee went to point to a mark on the part when his glove became caught in the vertical milling machine, resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx of the left index finger.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
An employee was trimming out sprinklers on the exterior of a building when he fell off an extension ladder. He landed on the ground and sustained fractures to his nose and 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.