Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jindal Saw USA, LLC, 1411 S. FM 565, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was rolling a drill pipe into the shot blaster. The shot blaster door closed as the employee was pushing the pipes into the machine. The employee's left hand was caught between the pipes and the shot blaster door, resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip as well as a fracture.
An employee was working to gain the attention of a coworker. He reached over a hot steel pipe and his shirt got stuck on the coating. This caused a loss of balance and he contacted the hot pipe. The employee sustained second-degree burns to his right elbow, left hand, and abdominal area.
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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An employee was cutting wooden boards using a table saw when the glove on his left hand was caught by the blade, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.
A crane was hoisting a pipe. An employee was adjusting twisted lifting chains on the end of the pipe when the pipe was raised, causing the employee's hands to be caught between the chains and the pipe. The employee suffered injuries to the left index finger, left ring finger, right ring finger, and right index finger; the right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
During a routine inspection, an employee placed their hand on a pipe to check a weld. The pipe clamp activated, closed on the pipe, and trapped the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation and fracture to the fingertip as well as a laceration to the ring finger.
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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