Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-01 | Marfa | Tx | Village Farms, L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was greasing the chain on a machine when the lubricating hose of the grease device became caught on the chain and sprocket, pulling the employee's right hand into the chain and sprocket. As a result, the employee's right index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2016-02-11 | Marfa | Texas | TARS Program, Harris Critical Networks | Fingertip(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
A maintenance crew was fabricating and terminating an "EYE" splice on a tether. The injured employee was pulling a serving line trough a termination when the serving line wrapped around his right-hand middle fingertip. When he attempted to free his finger from the serving line, his right middle fingertip was severed at the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-11-18 | Marfa | Texas | Village Farms | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell approximately seven feet off a ladder and broke both wrists. |