Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Republic National Distributing Co., 8045 North Court Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77040
on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was fixing rollers that were not rolling on a conveyor when his right hand was caught in the pinch point area. He was hospitalized with a dislocated and lacerated right hand.
An employee was removing a wooden pallet from the second level of a metal angle rack when the next pallet came forward. The employee's thumb was caught between the metal rack and the wooden pallet, resulting in a right thumb amputation.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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