Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Buffalo Specialties Inc, 10502 Fallstone Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77099
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple internal chest locations.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to change the pallets on a screen printing machine. She stepped between the arms of the machine when the machine re-energized, turned, and struck her, pushing her into a mobile cart and causing her to fall to the ground. The employee suffered suffered five fractured ribs, difficulty breathing, and internal bleeding.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
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