Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Concrete Partners, L.P., 4702 North Vine Street, VICTORIA, TEXAS 77904
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was applying initial stress on a concrete cable using a jack when either the cable snapped or the chuck that holds the cable in the jack failed, creating a pinch point. The employee's left thumb was caught in the pinch point, resulting in a surgical amputation to the thumb.
A contract employee at the Texas Concrete location was loading (hooking and unhooking) concrete pile onto a flatbed truck. The product was securely positioned when the dunnage shifted/broke causing repositioning to be necessary. A crane operator adjusted the product and the injured employee's right index finger was caught between the hook and the lifting loop of the product, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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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