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 TA Operating, LLC, 5405 Walden Road, BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77705
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Hand(s), except finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was opening a box to stock the cooler when the box cutter severely lacerated his left palm, requiring surgery.
An employee was sitting in the driver's lounge on her break. When she got up, she tripped on the leg of the chair in front of her and fell, fracturing her hip and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
On 3/07/2023, at 4:30 PM, an employee was walking through the driver s entrance door to get change for her register when her foot got caught on a floor mat just inside the door causing her to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.
An employee was walking down steps in the office following a meeting when she tripped and fell several steps. The employee landed on the floor and against a wall and sustained injuries to the left collarbone and left hip.
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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