Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at F.D. Thomas, Inc., 1530 Farm Road 973, TAYLOR, TEXAS 76574
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a 4-inch angle grinder with the tool's tether wrapped around his left little finger to keep it out of the way. The tether got caught by the rotating grinder disc and pulled the employee's left little finger into the disc, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was mixing coatings with a mixing drill when her left glove contacted the spindle sleeve area. The employee's left little fingertip was amputated.
An employee's right hand was caught in a 40-inch industrial vacuum hose. The employee suffered contusions and developed a muscular injury from the elbow to the fingers.
An employee was preparing steel beams for painting using a grinder when he fell off the scaffold or the structure he was working on and landed on the floor, resulting in fractures to the upper and lower right arm.
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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