Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stericycle, Inc., 2821 Industrial Lane, GARLAND, TEXAS 75041
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was on the ground level manually lifting the dock plate to sit on a trailer. The dock leveler was a mechanical chain driven dock leveler that would not raise completely due to a mechanical issue with the tensioner. As the employee lifted the dock plate, he was pinned between the dock plate and the trailer resulting in broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersRamps, loading docks, dock plates
An employee was cutting pieces of a conveyor belt when a piece became caught on the saw. The employee sustained lacerations to their left index and middle fingers, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.
An employee was exiting a truck when a 200-gallon container rolled behind him and struck him on the back of his leg. The employee sustained a tendon injury that required surgery.
An employee was walking in a customer parking lot when he slipped on ice and fell, hitting the back of his head on the ground. The employee suffered a skull fracture and a herniated disk in his neck.
An employee was using a lift gate to load medical waste containers into the cargo area of a box truck. He fell approximately 4 feet to the pavement, suffering a closed fracture to a lower-back vertebra and a head injury.
An employee was operating the lift gate on his truck to stow it away, when he slipped on ice/water, catching his left thumb on the lift gate. His thumb tip was amputated directly beneath the fingernail.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 562119)
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
An employee was preparing to dump wood from a roll-off dumpster when a piece of timber fell from the dumpster and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a laceration to the scalp and three cracked vertebral discs.
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.