Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pegasus Link Constructors, WB IH 635 in between Skillman Street and Royal Lane exits,, DALLAS, TEXAS 75243
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing concrete and rock debris from a paving machine when the side form vertical cylinder of the machine dropped, crushing his right hand. The employee sustained a fractured ring finger and amputation of the little finger. The employee required surgery.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Concrete paving machines, pavers
An employee was using an compact utility loader to clean out mud and gravel that had washed into a 6-foot-by-9-foot box culvert. While moving toward a pile of gravel to fill the bucket, the upward/forward force caused the employee to become caught between the ceiling of the box and the top portion of the compact utility loader. The employee sustained a fractured jaw and required surgery.
An employee was assisting with the setup of a crane and pulling off the float. The crane moved forward. The front step of the crane caught the employee's right leg against a bundle of rebar that was on the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia.
An excavator was being used to remove a handrail attached to the bridge sidewalk. The handrail struck an employee in the head, causing a skull fracture and a broken rib. The employee was hospitalized.
A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
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A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.
Employees were securing the fuel line of an outboard motor in preparation for removing the motor from a small vessel located in the equipment yard. A gasoline-related fire occurred and one employee sustained burns to both hands and forearms.
A marine diver/construction worker was working underwater, using a hydraulic dredge to clear sediment away from the base of a dam. The dredge's suction nozzle began migrating toward him, and then pulled in his right hand and forearm. He sustained compartment syndrome in the hand and forearm.
An employee was standing on a sheet of -inch by 4-foot by 8-foot plywood on top of a rebar mat, supervising his crew. As he was moving to alert the crew to an incoming overhead load, he stepped off the plywood and his left foot slipped through the rebar mat and landed on the rebar mat below. His left ankle was broken and dislocated.
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.