Injured by object held or wielded by person · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Furniture Row, 4503 Underwood St., IRAAN, TEXAS 79744
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was on a delivery truck opening furniture boxes with a pocket knife. As he was cutting a strap, the employee lacerated his right arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee was using a man-up forklift to pick an order from the warehouse racking and fell 17-18 feet to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with spine and skull fractures.
An employee was hospitalized after being involved in a rollover accident while riding as a passenger in an ATV. He injured his right knee and required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.
While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using the pipe-and-wrench method to loosen a seized bolt on a roof truss. A technician from another company was on the other side of the truss doing the same action with the same method. The employee's socket slipped off the bolt and his left hand was crushed against the truss, resulting in injuries to the index and little fingers, requiring hospitalization, surgery, and amputation of the index finger.
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