Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-22 | Hutto | Texas | BWT's Welding & Associates, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a forklift's forks, which had been raised so he could unwrap a tarpaulin. As he unwrapped the tarp, he was dragged off the forks and fell to the ground, injuring his head on the concrete driveway. | |||||
2019-06-18 | Hutto | Texas | A Greater Austin Development Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was doing demolition work in a storm drain culvert. As he was adjusting a steel I-beam, the tip of his right index finger was caught between the two pieces of the adjustable beam. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Hutto | Texas | Texas Fixtures and Interiors, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Two employees were attempting to change the die on the press brake when their hands were caught and crushed in the press brake, amputating their fingers. The machine was active at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-02-19 | Hutto | Texas | H-E-B Grocery Company, LP | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat on a band saw and amputated the tip of his pinky finger. | |||||
2016-03-08 | Hutto | Texas | Holland Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was holding a railroad crossing gate for a vehicle to get on the railroad. The vehicle struck the gate and the gate fell on his finger. His left ring finger was lacerated and the fingertip was eventually amputated. | |||||
2016-02-08 | Hutto | Texas | Motion Industries | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee attempted to stop a moving belt and sheave when his fingers were caught in the rotating parts, amputating the second, third, and fourth digit fingertips on his left hand. | |||||
2015-08-18 | Hutto | Texas | Texas Corrugators, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was drilling holes in steel pipes when his glove got caught in the drill, pulling his right hand into the rotating part. His right middle finger was surgically amputated. |