Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Madix, Inc., 201 Skyline Drive, TERRELL, TEXAS 75160
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was bending (stamping) a part when her hand entered the die. The die came down and caught her hand between it and the press. She suffered four broken fingers.
An employee was feeding scrap metal into a chipper when his right hand was squeezed against a metal component of the machine. He suffered an amputation to the right index finger at the second joint.
On April 10, 2025, an employee was operating a brake press when two of its dies pinched her left ring and middle fingers. She suffered amputations to both fingertips, just above the fingernails. The machine was guarded with a light curtain at the time of the incident.
An employee was using a forklift to move a piece of angle iron. The angle iron slipped off the forklift and hit the employee's right foot resulting in a toe amputation.
An employee was manufacturing parts on a roll former machine. He went to remove the parts and his right hand became caught between the parts and the guard, resulting in partial amputation of his ring finger.
On March 23, 2023, at approximately 9:00 AM, an employee was operating an automated saw. As the employee went to adjust the coolant sprayers, the rotating blades caught his glove and pulled his hand in, resulting in three left-hand finger amputations.
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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On March 19, 2025, at 1:35 p.m., two employees were loading a tractor trailer that was backed into a dock and connected to the dock lift. The driver began to drive away while the employees were still on the dock lift, which then collapsed. The injured employee fell to the ground, resulting in a right hip contusion that required hospitalization.
An employee was emptying scrap from a hopper into a metal dumpster. The employee released the hopper latch and his left index finger was caught between the fork and the hopper frame. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was loading a truck with product, reached to open the shipping door but grabbed a loading bar instead, causing him to fall out of the door. The employee fell approximately 4 feet to the ground and sustained a fracture to the lower right leg.
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.