Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Backer Marathon, 808 Hackberry Ln, DEL RIO, TEXAS 78840
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was crimping heaters, which were not staying in place. As she tried to fix them, a crimper crushed the tip of her finger, causing a fingertip amputation.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
On August 27, 2025, a service technician was descending a ladder at a service call when his right foot slipped off the ladder rung. The ladder rotated as his weight shifted. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately 8 feet to a concrete lower level. He sustained fractures to his left tibia and left ankle.
A delivery driver was delivering parts at a client site. He fell getting out of the truck cab approximately 5 feet to the concrete ground and broke his femur.
An employee was conducting a gas leak survey. He was walking up a snowy incline when he slipped and fell on the ground, injuring his right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was cleaning off a magnetic table when their right hand brushed against the wheel of a running grinder. The employee sustained an amputation of the middle fingertip and an injury to the ring fingertip with a loss of tissue that required surgery.
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.