Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SET Environmental, Inc., 5738 Cheswood Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77087
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was helping close a fence when his finger was caught between the fence's top horizontal post and its metal guide roller. The tip was amputated.
An employee was removing the valves from low-pressure cylinders when their left thumb was caught between the clamp of the cylinder valving machine and the inside guard of an empty cylinder. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation without bone loss.
An employee was standing on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, putting a liner on a roll-off trailer, when the employee turned and lost footing. The employee then fell approximately 3 feet to the ground, fracturing the left hip.
An employee was doing a repair in an office building. He was closing a bank vault door when his right index finger became caught between the door and the door frame resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.
On December 11, 2023, an employee was transporting equipment for demolition tasks and waiting for the superintendent to open the door. The door closed and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 562112)
On July 24, 2025, an employee was unloading stacks of empty, 96-gallon medical waste containers. A stack of 10 containers, which weighed approximately 460 pounds, fell on him. The employee was hospitalized with multiple head, face, and neck injuries and a back injury requiring surgery.
An employee was standing between a truck and a roll-off container that was being offloaded. The container came down on their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration and fracture to the ankle.
An employee was loading a gaylord into a truck when the gaylord ripped, causing him to lose his balance and fall from the liftgate to the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left wrist and femur.
An employee was cleaning the back of a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer pulled away from the dock and the employee fell from the dock lock to the ground below, breaking their right femur.
An employee was preparing a load for the electric pallet jack he was operating. He was walking backward when he tripped and fell. The pallet jack struck his left leg, and he was hospitalized with a broken left fibula.
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.