Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bright Events dba Peerless Events and Tents, 2250 Lion Country Parkway, bldg 2. suite 160, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75050
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting wood with a table saw when their right thumb tip was amputated.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was working with a co-worker to unload an industrial oven from a box truck. The oven fell and struck the employee, resulting in hospitalization for two fractured ribs and three fractured vertebrae.
On May 26, 2025, an employee was lifting an angled steel ramp on dunnage at the front of the tunnel. The ramp fell back down on his right index finger and amputated it.
On April 29, 2025, an employee was unloading a cart of knives weighing 300-700 pounds from a truck at a storage facility. The cart fell off the edge of the tailgate onto the employee, resulting in a broken leg.
The injured employee was having a disciplinary conversation with a co-worker. The injured employee was attacked/punched by the co-worker and sustained fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
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.