Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-07 | Universal City | Tx | McCoy Building Supply | Head | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cutting the shrink wrap off pallets when a load of material fell from a pallet onto the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-05 | Universal City | Texas | VT Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was trying to open an air valve for a machine being operated. His left hand was caught on a drill bit and the glove he was wearing was twisted and torn off, causing an open fracture of the left little finger and amputation of the last joint. | |||||
2018-05-03 | Universal City | Texas | VT Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a jointer to shape some wood when his left hand slipped and contacted the tooling/blade. He suffered a partial amputation of his left middle finger and a possible ring fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-05-03 | Universal City | Texas | VT Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was working on a table saw cutting parts for door manufacturing when the saw blade partially amputated the employee's left ring fingertip. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Universal City | Texas | Supa Doors, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the tip of his left ring finger between the feed roller of Shaper #3 and a piece of wood board. | |||||
2015-03-03 | Universal City | Texas | Supa Doors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a shaper to mold pieces of wood when a piece of wood got thrown out of the shaper and caused the employee's fingers to make contact with the shaper knife. He lost the first digit of his ring finger, more than half of his middle finger, and his index fingertip to the bone on the right hand, requiring hospitalization. |