Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dart Container Company, 850 Solon Road, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS 75165
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was monitoring the transfer of raw material via a temporary feed pipe. The pipe slipped; the employee's left little finger struck against the feed auger and was lacerated. The finger was medically amputated above the second knuckle.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
On July 22, 2025, an employee was cutting/torching a large piece of metal when a piece of the material broke loose, struck him mid-stomach, and knocked him to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with an umbilical hernia and fractures to his right femur and left fibula.
An employee was feeding material through a pinch roller. There was a line break and the employee was working to clear out the line. The closed roll grabbed his glove and pulled his entire arm through the machine. The employee sustained compartment syndrome and a broken fingertip requiring hospitalization.
An employee hooked up two bundles of steel tubing to be lifted with an overhead crane. He stumbled while walking and operating the crane and his right hand contacted the crane's pulley mechanism. The upward motion of the crane caused the cable to pull his finger into the pulley. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
The employee was operating a peeler machine when his left hand got caught against the log that was being peeled. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to the fingers on his left hand that required stitches.
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.