Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at K&N Engineering Inc, 741 Refuge Way, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75050
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a hydraulic punch press. The press amputated the employee's finger.
An employee was removing a filter from inside a mold when a switch malfunctioned and the mold clamped on his left hand, crushing it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was replacing a screen on a rooftop HVAC unit when the rotating exhaust fan blade contacted their right index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was changing an air filter when the door to the HVAC closed due to wind. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb at the nailbed.
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.