Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Turner Industries Group, LLC, 2066 Cabot Road, VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA 70586
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
While two employees were preparing a 40-inch pipe support for replacement, one of the clamps holding the pipe rotated, crushing an employee's fingers between the clamp and the pipe. The employee suffered a crushed right hand, and his right middle fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
An employee had been spotting for an aerial lift. While the employee was moving to another area, the aerial lift ran over his left foot and broke the foot and ankle.
An employee was changing out old gaskets when hydrogen fluoride escaped from a line with residual pressure in the area and struck them in the face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their facial area.
An employee was adjusting a 36'' pipe wrench when a cable supporting a piece of pipe caused it to move forward and strike his face. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to left eye area.
An employee was dismantling a scaffold when an arc from a nearby transformer contacted the pole the employee was removing. The employee suffered second-degree burns to his chest and arms and was hospitalized.
Employees were changing hoses in the loading rack. As they were gathering parts and changing out the cam lock fittings, the injured employee accessed the working platform and fell through the open grating. The employee sustained a head injury.
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 811310)
An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.
An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.
After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.