Injured by object pushed or pulled by person · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Load Trail, LLC, 220 FM 2216, SUMNER, TEXAS 75486
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was pushing a trailer that was resting on a sawhorse back into the weld area. His hands were on the sawhorse while pushing. The sawhorse stopped moving and the trailer shifted catching his hand in a pinch point between the trailer and the sawhorse. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right little finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Vehicle trailers, trailing units
An employee was operating a plasma cutting machine when his feet were crushed between the track and the gantry of the machine. He was hospitalized for a fractured right ankle.
Employees were installing a removable jack onto the front of a trailer. The injured employee was aligning the bolt holes as the jack was being pushed into position. As the jack slid into place, his right index fingertip was amputated.
An employee was in the assembly warehouse taking a count of palletized product. Fender backs (raw material used in making finished product) slid off a pallet onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee sustained a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle.
An employee was installing a cylinder underneath a trailer when a bolt on the conveyor came off and the trailer's back end came down and struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured skull and broken ribs.
An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.
An employee in the warehouse was working to pull a reel from under a rack when his finger was crushed between the reel and the rack. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
An employee was pushing automotive suspension material using a material rack. The material started to shift and caught the employee's right little finger, crushing it. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger. The finger was re-attached.
An employee was entering a receiving area to start his shift when he was struck by a utility cart being pushed by another employee. The injured employee fell to the floor and suffered a fractured hip.
A temporary employee was moving an I-beam that was on a steel table to the edge of the table. Their right index finger was pinched between the I-beam and the table, resulting in a broken finger.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 336212)
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was assisting with rigging a magnet to an overhead crane in order to lift a sheet of steel. The employee's right thumb was between the crane's hook and the chain passing through the hook, and when the crane was raised, the distal end of their thumb was crushed. Part of the employee's right thumb was medically amputated.
Two employees were working together to insert a pin into a hydraulic cylinder. One employee was holding the cylinder in place to align it with the pinhole, while the injured employee was inserting the pin. The injured employee was aligning the pin and moved to determine whether the hole alignment was too high or low. At that moment, the crowbar being used to assist with alignment slipped and his left index fingertip was pinched between the cylinder and the housing, resulting in an amputation just below the fingernail.
An employee was hoisting an axle in the buggy department when one side of the sling came loose, causing the axle to tip. The sling hook raised up from the weight transfer, causing the employee's left little finger to be caught by the rigidness of the hook. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was using a circular saw to cut the cap off an aluminum bulkhead of a trailer that was being manufactured. The saw kicked, lacerating his hand and resulting in the amputation of his left middle and ring fingertips.
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.