Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BrightView Landscape Development, 2101 N. Pearl St., DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving a tag line on a soil bucket when the tag line became hung up on the stop block. The employee was attempting to grab the bucket handle when his right third finger was caught between the stop block and the tag line, amputating his finger past the first knuckle.
An employee was unloading a plate tamper from a pickup truck. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the tamper's handle and its plate, resulting in a partial amputation at the nailbed.
An employee was using a strap to move trees. He was pulling a tree by the wire basket around the ball when the wire basket broke. The strap snapped back and the hook cut the employee's face.
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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