Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Steves and Sons, Inc., 203 Humble Avenue, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78225
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting and repairing a scissor lift. His hands were on a cylinder when it amputated his right index finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
A forklift operator was picking up a pallet of doors. When the load was lifted, it caused overlapped pallets on the other side to fall over, striking an employee. The injured employee became caught under approximately 692 pounds of doors and sustained a fractured left ankle and a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in the left knee.
An employee had been placing labels on a pallet of doors. A pallet of doors fell off a forklift that was moving in reverse and hit the employee on the back causing contusions.
An employee was standing and giving instructions to other employees when a co-worker slightly bumped a pallet with their hip, causing a double door to fall and hit the employee in the back of the head.
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.
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