DALLAS, TEXAS·
Best Block Construction Materials
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Best Block Construction Materials, 2202 Chalk Hill Road, DALLAS, TEXAS 75212 on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was making adjustments on a flag indicator for a block unloader machine. The employee had climbed up onto a 12-foot-high block rack to access the flags and make the adjustments. The employee placed his right hand on the track as the unloader returned to gather another row of palletized bricks. The unloader then crushed his fingers, resulting in broken bones, cuts, and severed tendons in the right index finger, as well as cuts and a partially severed tendon to the right middle finger.
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