Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Channell Commercial Corporation, 1700 Justin Rd, ROCKWALL, TEXAS 75087
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was wiping the sensor on a piece of equipment. The equipment activated and cut the employee, resulting in the amputation of their right index fingertip.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 334290)
An employee was operating a forklift to return a scrap hopper after dumping material. After the employee placed the hopper outside the aircraft hangar door, the employee noticed the hopper rolling toward the doors. The employee exited the forklift to stop the hopper and grabbed the top of the hopper. During this time, the forklift started rolling forward and struck the hopper, pinning the employee s right hand between the forklift mast and the hopper and resulting in hand fractures.
An employee left a vehicle and walked to the front of it, between it and another vehicle. He tripped and fell, landing on his left hip and breaking it.
An employee was leaving a meeting at a customer site. As they were descending an interior staircase, the employee lost their footing on the last step and fell forward, landing on both knees on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a bilateral patellar tendon tear.
On November 9, 2023, an employee was picking up cones and equipment from the roadway in a work zone when they were struck by a motor vehicle. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.
On September 26, 2023, an employee was performing maintenance on an X-ray detection machine at an airport. While the employee was descending from a conveyance system to a three-step ladder, they fell to the ground, resulting in a compound fracture and a dislocated left ankle.
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.