Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Owens Corning, LLC, 1701 Hollywood Road, AMARILLO, TEXAS 79118
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was installing electric cables to an overhead conveyor (vertical trolley) for an e-stop when his sleeve was caught on a sprocket, causing his hand to be drawn into the area. He suffered a fractured left wrist.
An employee was attempting to remove paper from between rollers on the manufacturing line. The employee's glove got caught in the rollers pulling her left arm into the rollers resulting in tissue damage to the arm.
On or about February 21, 2016, at approximately 9:40 a.m., an employee operating a wool separator machine was attempting to clear a jam when his hand was caught in the machine. He suffered an avulsion that required hospitalization for stitches.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
On September 1, 2024, two employees were dislodging the latch of a hopper to dump a load of glass fragments. The injured employee stopped to walk around to the other side. The other employee freed the latch and the load of glass fragments was dumped, pinning the injured employee to the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.
An employee was adjusting the vacuum control valve on the right side of an A-frame arm when their finger was caught between the vent blow pipe and the control valve. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated.
An employee was opening the milling machine when they began experiencing respiratory issues such as a running rose, coughing, and eye itching from the milling machine vapors. The employee was hospitalized.
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.