Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-29 | Lockney | Tx | John Deere Des Moines Works | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was trying to clear a plug of cotton from the saw cleaner system of a cotton stripper and sustained amputations to the left ring and little fingers. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Lockney | Texas | Hank Henderson Farm Partnership | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was running a power washer when the tip became stopped up. The employee turned the washer off to unclog the tip, but pressure remained in the line. The clogged tip suddenly dislodged, and the residual pressure lacerated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
2016-02-25 | Lockney | Texas | Mortenson Construction | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting a beam inside the nacelle when his finger was pinched between the beam and the beam bracket. His left ring fingertip was amputated. |