Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Greenbrier Rail Services, 497 Tayman Street, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78226
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to install a roller set onto a track system for a rolling-style door on a box railcar. The door was raised and was being supported by a forklift. A sledgehammer was used to hammer the roller set onto the track assembly. The impact of the sledge caused the roller set to slide off the fork, dropping the door 3-4 inches back to its original height. The employee's left index finger was pinched between the fork and a vertical door support pole. The finger was amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
An employee was using his left hand to push an axle down the line on a raised track work area while holding the remaining axle back with his right hand. A finger on his right hand was caught between the rail and the dust guard of the axle, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.
An employee was moving 8 rail tank cars onto the main lead railroad line and was preparing to connect car 8 to the train. The employee entered the space between the train and rail car 8, facing the train, and went to manually open the knuckle on the coupling. His right hand was on the knuckle and his left hand was on the uncoupling lever. The employee's right hand was pinched between the coupling knuckles of rail cars 7 and 8, amputating the right hand at or near the wrist.
An employee noticed that a four-high stack of new wheels were not stacked straight on a conveyor line. The employee grabbed the second wheel from the bottom and began to rotate the wheels to straighten the stack. As he began turning them, the conveyor began feeding forward and the wheels fell, pinching his left hand between the wheels. His index, middle, and ring fingers were broken.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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