Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Webber, LLC, 1700 E John Carpenter Fwy, IRVING, TEXAS 75062
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a saw to cut 2x4s on a sawhorse when the saw became bound in the wood. As they were getting the saw unbound from the wood, it jumped and cut their left little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
The injured employee was collecting 2x4s to build concrete forms on the bridge bent above. A 4x6-foot section of wood dropped from above and struck the injured employee. They sustained multiple spinal fractures in the upper and lower back and fractured ribs.
An employee descended the stairwell of the flatbed of a traffic control truck and shut the stairwell/platform door behind him. The door shut on his left third finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was helping to set concrete traffic barriers by guiding a barrier clamp weighing approximately 600 pounds that was connected to an excavator. The employee guided the clamp down on top of the barrier successfully, which then disengaged the locking pin and allowed the clamp to scissor and grab the barrier to raise it again. As the excavator operator hoisted the barrier clamp to move the segment of barrier, the employee's left ring fingertip got caught in the scissor area of the barrier clamp, resulting in a transphalangeal fingertip amputation.
An employee was using an auger to drill holes for surveying operations when his hand and arm became entangled in the auger. The employee sustained the amputation of his left thumb and his middle finger to the second joint as well as fractures to the hand and arm.
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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