Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fluor Enterprises, Inc., 8127 Oak Grove Rd., FRANKLIN, TEXAS 77856
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was lowering an object into a pulverizer when his fingers were caught in a come-a-long chain. His left index finger was amputated at the hospital and the left middle finger was pinned and sutured.
An employee was holding the rigging line while he was signaling the operator to lift the load. As the load was lifted up, it shifted and his left hand little finger was caught between the rigging strap and the lifting box and was amputated.
When handling a 4 foot waler and loosening bolts, an employee's finger was caught between metal bolts and the waler, amputating the left middle distal fingertip.
Two employees were removing form panels from an upper elevation while working from the basket of a lift. One of the employees had his right hand on the basket's handrail, which came in contact with the building's steel beam. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right ring fingertip.
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 221118)
An employee was operating a dump truck when the trailer door swung and pinched the employee's right middle fingertip underneath the nailbed, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was attaching a turnbuckle to an auger. The turnbuckle slipped and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the turnbuckle and the auger resulting in a partial amputation of left thumb.
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.