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Regal Rexnord Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Regal Rexnord Corporation, 6801 S. Bentsen Road, MCALLEN, TEXAS 78503 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

A temporary employee was helping an operator remove jammed laminations from a press machine when their right ring finger got pinched between the laminations and the brake of the chute, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Presses, except printing, unspecified

Regal Rexnord Corporation

An employee was troubleshooting a scroll line (rewind) machine with two other associates when a proximity sensor was activated and the employee's left index fingertip was amputated by the machine.

Regal Rexnord Corporation

An employee was servicing an outer diameter grinder machine. The machine had been turned on for testing. The employee attempted to slow down a belt during shutdown. The employee's finger was caught between a belt and pulley resulting in an amputation to his fingertip. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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THE BRIAR TEAM, LLC

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An employee was using a machine to fill bags with birdseed. The employee was clearing a stuck bag under the machine when the bag cutter amputated the employee's fingertip.

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An employee had just serviced a radiator on a concrete machine. During the final check on the machine, the employee was adjusting a hose when a fan caught his right index finger. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle.

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An employee was cleaning dust from a collector. His left hand was caught in a rotary valve, which amputated his left index and middle fingers.

Southwest Galvanizing, Inc.

An employee was cutting steel channels from a hanging rack that was being supported by a forklift. When they were finished, the forklift started moving the rack out of the area and a piece of material snagged one of the rack legs, causing the rack to tilt backward. The rack slipped off the forklift and struck the employee on his right side/lower back. He sustained a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.

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An employee was working to remove waste wire between two boat rack/spreader bars (10 feet in length, 8 inches wide, and 16 inches tall, with a center lifting point for a crane hook) in the hanging department. One boat rack was leaning on another boat rack. The employee reached between the boat racks to move the leaning boat rack and remove the waste wire. The leaning boat rack shifted and the employee's left index finger was pinched between the two racks (weighing approximately 600 pounds each). The employee sustained an abrasive amputation of the left index fingertip from the nailbed up.

Steel Goode Products, LLC

An employee was performing maintenance on a coating machine and the belt cover guard was removed to repair the belt. The moving belt caught the employee's fingers and pulled them between the belts, injuring three fingers on the employee's left hand. The fingernails were removed from their little and middle fingers. The ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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An employee tripped, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken right radius. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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An employee was stacking steel grating. The grating moved and their right ring finger got caught between grating. The last digit of the ring finger was amputated.

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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.

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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.

EnviroSafe Demil LLC

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

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An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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