Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Turner Company, 11049 S. 287, RHOME, TEXAS 76078
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was hooking up a foundry hook to a load when their right thumb was trapped and smashed between the hook and the load.
An employee was closing a latch to a steel form used to make concrete structures. The employee's finger was caught in a pinch point and was partially amputated.
An employee was loading a spool of wire onto the cage machine when the wire partially de-spooled. She was re-spooling the wire and became caught between the spool and the wire. The employee sustained fractures to her collarbone and two ribs.
At 2:20 p.m. on September 12, 2023, an employee of the Turner Company was cutting rebar. Two pieces of the rebar came together while he was operating the cutter, and he suffered an amputation.
An employee was using a crane to hoist a form. As he was using the hook and cable, his left middle finger was caught in a pinch point and broken. The finger was medically amputated.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 327331)
On September 30, 2025, an employee was applying production labels to a splintered piece of pallet on a conveyor. Their right middle finger was caught as the split line exit conveyor moved forward, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was operating a pattern block roller machine. The employee was pinned (at the mid- to upper torso) between the pusher bar and the assembly platform. The employee suffered broken ribs.
Employees were chipping concrete/brick to separate a building for demolition when the wall collapsed and debris fell onto the employees, resulting in hospitalization of two employees. One employee sustained a fractured left femur and a head injury, and the other sustained a severe head injury.
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.