Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson, 12612 Golden Rock Dr., DENTON, TEXAS 76207
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating the lift gate on his truck with a controller. He slipped in the mud and fell, and the controller lowered the gate onto the tip of his thumb. The tip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
An employee was cutting the banding off the end of a bundle of PVC pipe when a piece of the pipe fell, bounced, and struck them in the face. They sustained a broken nose and a concussion and were hospitalized.
At 7:08 p.m. on May 24, 2018, an employee was driving a pallet jack near the heavy pack conveyor. he stepped backward off of the moving pallet jack as it simultaneously veered towards the conveyor. The pallet jack struck the conveyor and pinned his left lower leg between the jack and the steel conveyor causing a severe laceration to his lower leg.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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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.
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