Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Site Services , 15700 Anderson Mill RD, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78724
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was pumping out portable potties when he fell. He went to grab the truck to pull himself back up when his finger became caught in a fan on the truck, amputating his left middle fingertip.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee parked their vehicle at a facility and stepped out of the vehicle to begin cleaning a portable toilet. The parking brake failed and the vehicle began to roll backward. The employee fell and was struck by the front driver's side tire. The employee's hip was fractured.
An employee was using a pressure washer to rinse down a manhole on a sanitary sewer. When they released the pressurized hose, the employee was struck in the face and neck, resulting in lacerations to their face under the left eye and their neck.
An employee was positioning a lifting hook on the back of the truck and removed a pin on the hook housing. The hooks rotated and the employee's left-hand fingers were caught between a hook and the housing. The employee sustained an amputation of the little fingertip and a crushing fracture to the ring fingertip.
An employee was adjusting a septic tank that was being lowered into the ground by an excavator using a cable. The employee's hand was on the septic tank when the cable slipped off the excavator and caught their left thumb, amputating it at the first knuckle.
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.