Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aggreko, 3802 Magnolia Parkway, PEARLAND, TEXAS 77584
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a 60-kilowatt diesel generator in an outside workshop. He noticed some squeaking while checking the belts on the engine. As he tried to spray lubricant on the belt, the fan caught his right index finger, causing a large laceration. The finger was medically amputated above the second knuckle. The fan was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.
On March 24, 2022, an employee was load-testing an air dryer when the muffler failed and flew apart. It struck the employee in the head, causing three facial fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee became dizzy while on an elevated surface, 6-8 feet high. He began to climb down a ladder. The ladder's feet slipped out and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken right fibula and tibia.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 423830)
An employee was sorting sucker rods. His right hand was caught in the area where the rod hits up against the frame and his index fingertip was amputated just below the nail.
An employee was using a powered miter saw to cut 2x4's. The saw blade hit something inside a board (possibly a hidden nail) and jumped, causing a laceration to the employee's left forearm. The employee was hospitalized with soft tissue and tendon injuries that required surgery.
A crane had been used to set a steel plate on a steel frame. An employee was trying to remove a clamp from the plate when the plate fell and crushed the tip of his left little finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating a scissor lift, raised to a height of about 15 feet, to inspect an overhead crane rail. The crane itself was being moved. Its hook swung into the scissor lift s arms, causing the lift to tip over onto its side, which in turn caused the lift and the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered injuries including broken ribs, spinal fractures, scapula fractures, and internal injuries.
A technician was operating a crane hoist to lift/remove a cylinder head from the main engine (port). The load was lifted at an angle, causing the cylinder head to get stuck on the cylinder head studs. When it became free from the studs, the cylinder head swung. It struck the technician and caught them against the cabinet door. This resulted in an amputation of their left index fingertip at the distal knuckle.
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.