Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AMG Technology Investment Group, LLC, 2409 Longwood Drive, BRENHAM, TEXAS 77833
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was stacking a tower and using a wooden board to align the tower. When the tower fell into place, the employee's left middle finger was crushed under the wooden board and the weight of the tower (about 4,000 pounds). His left middle finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was working with a team to install fiber cable. While the team was pulling the cables and laying them in place, he began cramping and felt overheated. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.
An employee had been working outside during the day on April 11, 2022, where the temperature reached a high of 89 degrees. The employee drove to a gas station where he fell ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
An employee was at a site where a communications tower was being installed. The employee was tying rebar when he became ill and then fainted due to a heat-related illness.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was completing a fiber splice in a manhole. The lid of the manhole crushed the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint.
An employee was removing aerial service wires from an extension ladder when he fell 14 feet from the ladder. The employee sustained fractures to his pelvis, right hip, and ribs.
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.