Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Marten Transport. Ltd., 810 Union Pacific Blvd, LAREDO, TEXAS 78045
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sliding the tandems on a transport truck and caught his left middle finger in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was adjusting the height of a trailer's landing gear when they were struck by a trailer backing into the adjacent parking space. The employee was hospitalized and their arm was amputated.
An employee was struck by a passenger vehicle while walking back to their tractor-trailer after checking in with the guard shack. The employee sustained fractures to their right shoulder, three ribs, a leg, an arm, and both wrists.
An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer when the roll-up trailer door closed, catching their left hand between the door and the floor of the trailer. This resulted in a laceration and tendon damage to the hand.
An employee had just finished backing his trailer into the dock and opened the trailer doors when pallets fell on top of him. The employee sustained contusions, an arm fracture, and swollen jaw.
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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