Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Take 5 Oil Change, 6190 Belt Line Road, DALLAS, TEXAS 75254
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A employee opened the hood of a customer's vehicle to begin work when a finger on their left hand contacted the radiator fan, causing a partial amputation.
Two employees were changing out a flat tire on a car. The jack holding the car up fell, and the car landed on one of the employees. The employee suffered an abdominal injury and was hospitalized.
An employee was struck by a vehicle while going to check on a customer whose vehicle had become stuck on a curb. In trying to get off the curb, the driver lost control of the vehicle which spun around and struck the employee, knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered trauma to the head and face.
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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