Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flextronics America, LLC, 12455 RESEARCH BOULEVARD, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78759
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
At about 12:30 a.m. on July 25, 2022, an employee was performing preventative maintenance on one of the conveyor motors on a manufacturing line. The employee was trying to determine belt tension when the tip of their right index finger was caught between the gear and the belt of the conveyor motor. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was replacing a linear motor shaft (a highly magnetic object) on a machine. The new shaft was placed on a work table next to the old shaft. Magnetism caused the two shafts to come together quickly and crush the employee's right middle fingertip. The employee suffered a degloving/amputation from the top of the fingernail.
An employee was working to free a conveyor pallet that was jammed under a conveyor. Their right glove got caught in the conveyor and they sustained partial amputations to the index and little fingertips.
On October 14, 2021, an employee was trying to maneuver a powered industrial truck off a dock leveler near warehouse racking. The truck was caught on the dock leveler; as the employee moved it side to side to free it, the employee's left hand was caught between the truck's handle and a warehouse racking column. The employee suffered a crushing injury to the hand, wrist, and forearm (with no fracture or dislocation) and was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was shutting down equipment at the end of a work shift when she turned and her left foot was caught on a scanner cord. She fell, hitting and cutting her nose and bruising her right knee. She was hospitalized.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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On August 26, 2025, an employee was moving a loaded pallet with a pallet jack. She pulled on the pallet jack to get it unstuck from the pallet. When the pallet jack came loose, she lost her balance and fell on the concrete floor by the loading dock door. She landed on her right hip and it was fractured in three places. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was replacing a linear motor shaft (a highly magnetic object) on a machine. The new shaft was placed on a work table next to the old shaft. Magnetism caused the two shafts to come together quickly and crush the employee's right middle fingertip. The employee suffered a degloving/amputation from the top of the fingernail.
On June 19, 2025, an employee was using a bearing press when his left little finger was caught in the press. The employee's finger was crushed and partially amputated at the first knuckle.
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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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