| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-29 | Edinburg | Texas | Santana Textiles, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a weaving machine when his right middle finger was caught in the machine, crushing/shattering the bones in his finger. | |||||
| 2019-02-06 | San Marcos | Texas | Cotechno Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was modifying a weaving machine to run a new type of fiberglass product. A bolt dropped before the machine's guards had been replaced; as the employee was retrieving it, his right hand was caught in the belt and pulley system and his right middle fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-10-16 | Hanover | Pennsylvania | IWM International, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On October 16, 2017, at 2:30 p.m., an employee was operating his wire screen weaving machine when the material quality began to diminish. He went around to the press rollers and loosened the bolts holding them in the loom. The press rollers, which were unsupported by a cart at the time, then fell out of the machine and onto his right ankle, causing a traumatic displaced trimalleolar fracture. | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | West Memphis | Arkansas | Stateside Steel & Wire, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the weaving machine, which was de-energized, when his right pinky finger was caught in the sector gear. His fingertip was amputated (no bone loss). | |||||
| 2015-11-02 | Norman | Oklahoma | Southwest Wire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on top of a weaving machine to view a counter. The employee slipped and fell. As the employee fell, the employee's right hand contacted an unguarded chain and sprocket. The employee's right pinky finger was severely lacerated and amputated at the hospital. | |||||