Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trane U.S. Inc., 6200 Troup Hwy, TYLER, TEXAS 75707
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was rolling an 800-pound reel of aluminum into the storage area when his left index finger was caught and amputated between two reels.
The injured employee was holding a pipe while another employee was un-soldering a line. The line split apart and sprayed residual oil on the employee who was holding the pipe. The injured employee sustained second-degree burns to their left hand and arm.
An employee was standing on a ladder drilling a hole in the wall to install the control circuit for a new HVAC system. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization.
On July 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., an employee was removing a flow meter located approximately 8.5 feet off the ground on a heated water system. The building was almost complete, so the heating and chilled water systems were operational. The employee was standing on the second rung from the bottom of the 6-foot A-frame ladder that was placed on a 6-foot concrete pad in the locked position. When the meter probe was removed, 180 F water under pressure struck the employee, causing him to fall backward off the ladder and resulting in a fractured ankle and hot water burns to both arms and his back.
An employee was dumping trash into a dumpster. The employee fell from the dock into a gap between the dumpster and a bay door, suffering a broken left femur. The employee needed surgery.
An employee was taking a trash cart to a dumpster when one of their fingers was pinched between the trash cart and the dumpster, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was pushing flat shopping carts back into the cart tunnel. When unjamming the carts, part of the cart struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration and bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was pulling a cart backward in a storage area when his right little finger was pinched between the cart frame and an electrical box mounted to the side of a support column. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.
An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.
An employee was unloading packages from a trailer onto a cart. While moving the cart, it struck the employee's heel causing a tear to their Achilles muscle. The employee required surgery.
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.