Universal Forest Products San Antonio, LLC

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Universal Forest Products San Antonio, LLC in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Employer Universal Forest Products San Antonio, LLC Report ID 2025054460
Address 12195 Crownpoint City, State ZIP SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78233
Event Date May 12, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source of Injury Machinery unspecified
Secondary Source Rollers, cylinders
Industry (NAICS) 321214 Inspection # 1824531
GPS Coordinates 29.54000, -98.36000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance technician was fixing a roller in the roofs department. As he began to check the sprocket area on the roller, the machine turned on and the sprocket caught his right little finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On May 12, 2025, a worker at Universal Forest Products San Antonio, LLC in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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