Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-04-04 | Gatesville | Texas | Attic Breeze, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a punch press to cut a bracket and amputated the left index finger. | |||||
2018-01-02 | Gatesville | Texas | Basin Material Handling, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a rack to the center of a cart. When the rack was lifted, it came down on the employee's right hand, amputating the middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-10-02 | Gatesville | Texas | Attic Breeze, LLC | Leg(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
An employee took a vacuum of powder to the burn pit where another employee had been burning scrap wood, old pallets and boxes. The employee dumped the vacuum of powder onto the burn pit and the fire reignited. The employee received first and second degree burns to both legs. | |||||
2017-08-05 | Gatesville | Texas | Attic Breeze LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a press brake to press two pieces of metal together when one piece slipped. As he leaned forward to retrieve the piece of metal, the press brake activated and partially amputated his thumb. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Gatesville | Texas | Kalyn Siebert, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on a ladder, performing welding work on a trailer. The trailer A-frame broke and collapsed, causing the employee to fall and fracture his left leg. |