Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gulf Coast Crating Inc, 15993 Diplomatic Plaza Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77032
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a table saw to cut plywood when his glove was caught on the blade, resulting in partial amputations of the right middle and ring fingers.
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 driving a counterbalance forklift. When he approached the opening of a demising wall, his lower left leg/foot got caught between the forklift and the bollard. He sustained a fracture.
An employee was cutting boards using a table saw when their right hand came in contact with the blade, resulting in amputations to their middle, ring, and little fingers.
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.