Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 12828 Valley Branch Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS 75234
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was walking toward a hammer forge machine area. He slipped on the slippery floor and fell onto the forge. The forge's dies caught his right hand and crushed three fingers, amputating them.
An employee was pulling a steel parts handcart when its wheels caught on something and locked up. The cart fell backward. The cart handle struck the middle of the employee's right foot, breaking bones. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
At about 9:00 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was operating a lathe when a part jammed inside it. The employee was removing the jammed part when the machine's slide shifted, causing the lathe spindle to amputate his left ring fingertip.
A temporary employee was using a forklift to move a pallet of goods when the forklift struck a rack. The employee's little finger was caught between the forklift and the rack and was amputated.
A machine operator was troubleshooting a mechanical press machine. The machine severely lacerated his upper right arm and he was hospitalized. The machine's light curtain was not working at the time.
An employee was on a two-step ladder performing cleaning activities in the de-oiler machine. The employee fell back and his right arm was caught in the equipment, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required surgery.
An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
An employee was packaging steel coils on a turntable. As he walked across the turntable, he slipped and fell onto a coil. His left bicep was lacerated by the slit edge of a coil.
An employee was monitoring a lumber-stacking machine when they slipped and fell into an unbanded bundle of lumber. The outer row of lumber then fell on their left leg, fracturing their leg and ankle.
An employee was positioning a part inside a restrike hammer (full revolution drop hammer). The employee was wearing his safety pullout devices (metal cable with wristlets) at the time. As the employee positioned the part inside the die, he tripped the machine with his palm. As the ram went to drop, his pullout device (cotton rope connection) broke away from the press and his right hand was crushed by the top die as it fell. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was removing the bottom die from an auto hammer. He was pushing the die out with his left hand when the die bar slipped and fell on top of his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was troubleshooting a coolant door fault on a machine when the right door actuated and crushed his right index finger, causing an amputation to the finger.
At about 9:00 a.m. on March 10, 2025, an employee was operating a lathe when a part jammed inside it. The employee was removing the jammed part when the machine's slide shifted, causing the lathe spindle to amputate his left ring fingertip.
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.