Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jobe Materials, LP, 1200 Dyer St., EL PASO, TEXAS 79907
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a compressor grease gun to apply grease to the rotating ring of the mixer drum on the back of a ready-mix truck. Grease built up between the roller and the mixer drum; the employee was trying to remove it when his right index finger was caught between the rollers. The last joint of the finger was amputated.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was on an elevated platform changing crusher screens. As he was standing in the middle of the guardrail, the screen pulled him over the side, causing the employee to fall 6-8 feet. He struck part of the crusher and the ground, resulting in two rib fractures.
An employee was preparing to change the pieces of steel used for the crusher rotor. The employee was under a bolt holding a 700-pound bar fell and crushed his left index finger against the rotor. He sustained a partial amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was attempting to fuel his truck with diesel. He removed the fuel cap from his truck, picked up the fuel nozzle, placed the fuel nozzle in the tank, and squeezed the handle.
It was at that point that a flash fire and/or small explosion occurred, burning his face, hands, and chest area. He was hospitalized for third degree burns.
An employee went to measure a concrete beam that had been removed from the ground with an excavator. The beam, which had been supported on the excavator bucket, fell onto the employee's right foot and crushed it.
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.