Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fedex Express, 2001 W Howard Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78728
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading boxes from a conveyor belt when his left hand contacted the belt while it was moving and was then caught under the conveyor plate, resulting in the partial amputation of two left-hand fingers.
An employee was delivering packages to a house. Four dogs got out of the house and attacked the employee, who suffered bites to the head, body and arm.
An employee was scanning in product and went to step across the tongue of the trailer. The employee tripped over the tongue and fell to the ground fracturing their shin in multiple places which required surgery.
An employee had just finished servicing an aircraft and was returning to the warehouse via the aircraft ramp when they were struck by a command loader's transition deck and knocked to the ground. A support wheel from the transition deck ran over the employee's left hand, resulting in injuries to the left hand and an index finger amputation. The employee also sustained a leg injury.
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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