Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Inteplast Group, 101 Inteplast Boulevard, LOLITA, TEXAS 77971
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was reaching into equipment and caught the left thumb between the metal pulley and the rubber pulley belt resulting in amputation at the first joint.
An employee was going to clean build-up from the roller cylinders on a machine. As he was walking to the machine, he slipped and his left hand was caught between two cylinders, which resulted in a degloving injury that required hospitalization.
An employee was switching rail cars. After he stepped off a railcar onto the rail, the railcar that was just uncoupled rolled over his right foot. Three toes were crushed and the tips of two toes were surgically amputated.
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.
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