Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R&G Fish LLC, 625 State Hwy 316, PORT LAVACA, TEXAS 77979
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking on the side of a pond and distributing fertilizer when his shirt got caught in the power-take-off (PTO) shaft of a tractor. He was pulled in and sustained severe lacerations to his right arm.
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee on a boat threw a net into a pond to catch catfish. He was seated in the boat when the boat struck the screen on a drain pipe. This caused the employee to fall into the pond and they were struck by the boat. The employee sustained lacerations to his head and right arm.
The injured employee was holding a tee fitting on a pipe while it was being tightened by another employee using a pipe wrench. The injured employee's left little fingertip and fingernail were caught between the pipe wrench and the tee handle, resulting in amputation.
An employee was feeding the salmon that are taken care of onsite. While untying the boat, their right ring finger became caught between the line and the boat cleat and 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.