Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Master-Halco, Inc., 8431 Hoyle Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS 75227
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was spooling wire coming off a wire draw machine when the end of a piece of fence wire struck the employee's eye. The employee suffered an eye injury requiring stitches. Safety glasses were not worn at the time of the incident.
An employee was inside a metal container from which temporary panels (sitting on pallets in the container) were being pulled. The employee was holding on to the side of the panels to stabilize them as they were lifted by a forklift. The panels started to tilt and then fell onto his left leg. He suffered a broken femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was fixing a jam in the wire extruding machine and caught the tip of their finger between the drum and roller on the wire roll up. The employee sustained a right ring fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Employees were removing a full stand of wire spooling and replacing it with an empty stand. As the injured employee was installing the retaining cap on top of the empty spool, it fell and amputated his right ring fingertip.
An employee was clearing a jam in a rinse tank in a galvanizing-after-weaving department. The employee slipped and fell into a hot galvanizing tank next to the rinse tank. The employee suffered burns to the sole of a foot and the lower leg.
An employee was checking the function of newly installed actuators when they were struck by a pressurized release pipe. The employee suffered fractures to the orbital socket and shoulder, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was completing a service call and looking at a water pump when the pump cover plate struck their forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and fracture requiring hospitalization.
An employee was removing chains from a steel tube. A sorting hook attachment was caught on the staging area cross member. When he raised the chains, the sorting hook snapped back and struck the employee's face causing a fractured jaw.
An employee was in the sawmill basement using a push broom and shovel to clean wood chips and sawdust. The employee's right arm was struck by a wooden board between the wrist and elbow, resulting in a fracture.
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