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Dal-Tile Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment - Fractures - DALLAS, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Dal-Tile Corporation in DALLAS, Texas
Employer Dal-Tile Corporation
Address 7834 CF Hawn Frwy
City, State ZIP DALLAS, Texas 75217
Report ID 2017032753
Event Date March 27, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source of Injury Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 314999
GPS Coordinates 32.71000, -96.68000

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Incident Narrative

Three team members were doing repair work on the bullnose dryer to repair a broken chain on the transfer system. A team member was located on each end of the dryer, with a third team member assisting. They were about 15 to 20 feet apart, trying to get the chain back in place. The team members had completed the proper lock-out/tag-out procedure on the equipment. The injured employee noticed the chain was twisted in the sprocket, so he asked them by radio to stop pulling the chain. While he was unjamming the chain in the sprocket, the team member on the other side pulled the chain, which pulled the injured employee's finger into the pinch point between the sprocket and chain. He suffered an exposure facture of the first phalange of the right index finger.

Incident Summary

On March 27, 2017, a worker at Dal-Tile Corporation in DALLAS, Texas suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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