Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Industries Of South Texas, Inc., 702 Dixieland, HARLINGEN, TEXAS 78550
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading clothing into the baler machine when the machine caught her left arm wedging the arm between the front, interior wall of the baler machine's bale chamber door and the presser. The employee sustained multiple lacerations and arm fractures that required surgery.
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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