Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-07-29 | Vidor | Texas | Tay-Burn Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw. The employee reached for a piece of wood to cut; the sawblade caught the wood and the employee's hand was pulled into the blade. The employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated, along with the tip of the thumb. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Vidor | Texas | Buna Electric Motors Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was balancing a blower assembly that had a mechanical indicator with a magnet. While the blower wheel was moving to check for vibrations, his hand entered the assembly and it caught his thumb, resulting in a right thumb amputation. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Vidor | Texas | Optimus Steel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was reaching for rebar gathered in a trough on a rebar stretching machine when the employee's right ring fingertip was pinched as the trough actuated. The employee sustained a distal amputation on the right ring finger. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Vidor | Texas | United States Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was stepping out of her mail truck in a parking lot. She slipped in a water puddle and broke her right ankle. | |||||
2015-02-17 | Vidor | Texas | GERDAU LONG STEEL NORTH AMERICA | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was operating the tie machine when it moved unexpectedly and caught the employee's left foot in between the brakes. |