Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-03-01 | Lampasas | Texas | Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was disassembling a dull extruder machine when the machine's plate crushed the employee's left ring and middle fingers, fracturing one and crushing the bone in the other. Both fingers had to be surgically amputated above the first knuckle. | |||||
2017-10-05 | Lampasas | Texas | Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove a dough buildup from a line when the line amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers to the first knuckle. | |||||
2016-09-15 | Lampasas | Texas | OIL STATES INDUSTRIES | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attempting to remove a molded 27.5-inch rubber part from the mold using an overhead crane and a push-out barrel. When he raised the part and the core mold with the crane, he reached up under the part to apply more 4x4 wooden blocks. The part then slipped off the core, pinning his right arm between the part and the push-out barrel. He suffered a broken arm and hand, as well as a forearm burn, and required surgery. |