Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C.K.S. Packaging, Inc., 109 W. Felix Street South, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76115
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On September 29, 2023, an employee was repairing the drive chain on a conveyor when the machine activated. The employee's hand was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in three fingertip amputations to the left hand.
An employee was changing the filter on the blow back. He was using a ladder to help him get onto a platform. He fell from the ladder while holding the filter housings and fans. He struck his head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and a contusion to the head.
An employee was clearing a jam in the discharge opening of a machine when the mold came down, crushing and fracturing four fingers on the employee's right hand.
An employee was attempting to adjust a machine that peels plastic off of bottles when the machine's striker plate pulled his glove in and then crushed his right pinky fingertip, amputating it.
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.
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An employee was watching as a technician worked with a machine. The machine's parts were manually moved while the employee's hand was inside the machine, and his fingertip was amputated. The incident took place during a training activity.
On October 14, 2025, an employee was on a step platform showing another employee the support bracket for a blow pin assembly on a blow molding machine that needed repaired. The blow pin assembly came up and pinched the injured employee's right middle finger, resulting in a broken finger and a laceration to the top of the hand.
On August 22, 2025, an employee was helping to move a 700-pound compressor cylinder cap head into position to slide down the bolt holes onto the bottom half of the cylinder. When a bolt hole aligned, his left index fingertip was caught in it. The cap came down and amputated the fingertip.
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