Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RHE HATCO, INC., 302 HUNTSMAN WAY, LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75603
on — Amputations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was feeding hats onto an apron when their arm was caught in a roller and crushed. The arm was later amputated.
An employee was operating a blower machine and separating fur when his right hand went into the machine, resulting in amputations to his middle, ring, and little fingers.
An employee was pulling fur out of a blower machine when the tip of their glove was caught by the chain on the blower, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.
An employee was trying to unjam a press machine when his left glove became caught in the machine. The employee used his right hand to pull his left hand out, and both of his arms were caught in the machine resulting in amputation of both hands.
An employee was trying to unclog a blowing machine when its rollers caught his right hand. He suffered injuries resulting in an amputation (of the right finger at the second knuckle) and hospitalization.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 315990)
An employee was operating a blower machine and separating fur when his right hand went into the machine, resulting in amputations to his middle, ring, and little fingers.
An employee was pulling fur out of a blower machine when the tip of their glove was caught by the chain on the blower, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.
A maintenance employee was tightening a loose screw on a machine to stop it from wobbling in the drum area when the rotating drum partially amputated one of his left-hand fingers. He was hospitalized.
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.