Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PrideStaff, Inc., 8660 Lambright Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77075
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was operating a machine when part of the machine pushed through a piece of sheet metal that caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.
A temporary employee was checking pallets on a pallet jack when the pallet jack moved forward. His left foot was caught between a pallet and the forks of the pallet jack and fractured.
A temporary employee was cleaning plastic welding irons and cutting them using a table saw. The saw blade contacted his left middle and ring fingers, resulting in a partial amputation of his left ring finger and an avulsion to his left middle finger.
A temporary employee was trying to clear a jam on a final press machine when his right thumb was pinched by the wood object being moved through the press. The tip of the thumb was amputated.
An employee was operating a forklift to stack pallets. While the employee was backing up, the forklift began to fall from the loading dock. He attempted to dismount the forklift, but it pinned his leg and knee. He was later hospitalized for a blood clot in his leg.
A temporary employee was writing on a large roll of paper when a forklift driver pushed another roll against the roll she was writing on and her left forearm became lodged and fractured between the rolls.
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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