Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ready One Industries, 1414 Ability Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS 79936
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using an electric cloth cutter to cut material when it slipped and lacerated the employee's left thumb.
An employee was operating a sewing machine. She sneezed and swallowed a safety pin that she had been holding in her mouth, suffering injuries to the esophagus and stomach.
An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.
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An employee was operating a sewing machine. She sneezed and swallowed a safety pin that she had been holding in her mouth, suffering injuries to the esophagus and stomach.
An employee was pressing down on a pressing board foot pedal with her right foot when her left foot became caught under the pedal, cracking her toenail.
An employee was sliding a pallet off of a truck when his finger was caught between the plastic ties and the load. Approximately one-quarter of his finger was amputated.
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.