Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gulf Rice Milling, Inc., 12010 Taylor Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning machinery when their finger was caught in a screw conveyor, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping a forklift operator move pallets when the forklift operator turned and pinned the employee's shoulder between the forklift and a pole. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.
Two employees were loading rice sacks onto a pallet for shipment. The employees were horse-playing while doing this. One employee pushed another employee causing him to step in between the slats of the pallet and fracturing the ankle.
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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