Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., 19001 Kermier Rd., WALLER, TEXAS 77484
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was applying manifolds to a coil. The coil got stuck on the stopper. As the employee pushed the stopper, the employee's glove was caught between it and the coil. The employee's left middle finger was fractured and partially amputated.
An employee was working at a die transfer system when their finger became caught between the crossbar and the edge of the die in the transfer system. The employee sustained a finger amputation.
The injured employee was parked in a tugger. A reach truck driver was relocating a container that was behind a stack of containers. The forks came into contact with the stack of containers, tipping it over onto the injured employee's tugger. The injured employee was hospitalized with lacerations to both hands and the right side of their face.
An employee was removing material from a container when the material shifted, causing his right pinky fingertip to be caught between the material and the wall of the container. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right pinky fingertip.
An employee was putting a bend channel in a sheet of metal using a press brake. The brake actuated and the sheet metal rose up against the brake die, smashing the employee's fingers between the brake die and the sheet metal. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger at the last joint.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333415)
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was observing expansion rods on a coil expander going into a coil to ensure copper stubs weren't being bent. His left hand was caught between the locking block and locking block clamp on the power press machine, resulting in partial amputation of his left little finger from the distal interphalangeal joint.
An employee was setting up a press brake and rolling over a die when the tip of their left little finger was caught between the horizontal working surface of the press brake and die. The employee sustained partial amputation of their fingertip.
An employee was working to remove an access panel to begin performing maintenance on a machine. The set pins on the bottom of the panel were broken. The bottom kicked out and fell, striking the employee's left foot and resulting in a fracture to the big toe.
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.