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Knife River Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — HEWITT, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Knife River Corporation in HEWITT, TEXAS
Employer Knife River Corporation Report ID 2020054313
Address 1102 Steamboat Dr. City, State ZIP HEWITT, TEXAS 76643
Event Date May 8, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Chutes
Secondary Source Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
Industry (NAICS) 238110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.43000, -97.20000

Incident Narrative

On 5/08/2020, at 09:30 AM, an employee was delivering concrete to a construction site and installing the metal chutes on his ready mix truck when his right two middle fingers were pinched between chutes. As a result, he sustained a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of his right middle finger.

Incident Summary

On May 8, 2020, a worker at Knife River Corporation in HEWITT, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with chutes identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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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