Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABM Industries, 5 Greenway Plaza, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was placing trash into a trash compactor. The employee tried to remove an item from the trash compactor and amputated their left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.
On December 20, 2024, an employee was using a handheld grinder to remove cables from a server when they sustained a laceration to their left arm and a lacerated tendon in their right hand.
An employee was mopping up a large milk spill in a cold storage area. A powered industrial truck (PIT) was turning near the employee and began to slide on the wet floor. The PIT slid into the employee, pinning their left ankle against the eight-inch concrete curb. The employee sustained a broken left heel.
An employee was walking while using a leaf blower to clear leaves and debris from a patio. The patio pavement was wet and the employee slipped and fell, resulting in injuries to their left hip and leg.
An employee was walking out of the rain into a building. The employee slipped on a wet mat, then landed on the dry tile floor and suffered a dislocated kneecap. The employee required surgery.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561720)
An employee was rinsing a food processing machine at a facility and went to stabilize himself. His left hand contacted the surface of the machine and a guard inadvertently closed, crushing the tip of his ring finger and resulting in an amputation and fracture.
An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.
On October 17, 2025, an employee was descending a fixed two-step stool when she slipped, landed on her left leg, and suffered a broken femur. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee slipped while getting on a trailer. His chin struck the trailer jack, and he suffered fractures to his jawbone and thyroid cartilage. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
A crew was finishing work for the day at a job site. An insulated modular panel (IMP) being used as a door fell on an employee. She suffered a dislocated shoulder, a broken arm, and a gash on her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the arm/shoulder 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.