Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Equipment Depot, 15051 FAA Boulevard, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76155
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting a co-worker in flipping over a pallet jack when his left little finger was caught in the wheel of the pallet jack, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation , as well as a laceration on his left ring finger.
On October 15, 2020, at approximately 7:30 a.m., a field service technician had just loaded a drive unit into a van using a forklift. The employee exited the forklift to straighten the unit in the van. The forklift rolled forward and pinned the employee between the bumper of the van and the carriage of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones in the right leg.
An employee was performing maintenance on conveyor lines when he jumped out of the way of a moving rail-guided vehicle (RGV). He landed in the conveyor line and was then bumped by the rail-guided vehicle, causing him to strike an angle iron that was a part of a stationary conveyor. His stomach was crushed and the employee sustained a laceration to the abdomen.
An employee was troubleshooting a hydraulic piston on the wheels of a semi-trailer dump truck. The piston released and caused the trailer to move, crushing the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures and contusions.
An employee was working on the attachment securing mechanism of a skid steer when their hand was caught by the mechanism. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and lacerations to three fingers on the left hand.
An employee was releasing a chain to open the rear flap of a dump truck when three of their fingers got caught between the chain and the truck, resulting in crush injuries.
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