OSHA Injury Report: ClarkWestern Dietrich Building Systems - Dallas, TX

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was operating a structural mill when material being fed through the mill became jammed causing the operator to stop the line.

What happened

The employee placed their right hand on the material to help guide it back through the punch and began jogging the mill in reverse to free the jam. The employee�s right index middle and ring fingers were positioned such that they were inside a knockout in the jammed material. When the material began backing through the physical guarding around the punch their fingers became pinched between the guarding and the knockout in the material. As the material continued to advance backward the edge of the knockout cut into through the employee�s fingers.

Injury or illness

Partial amputation of right index middle and ring fingers.

Object or substance involved

Material (flat metal stock) and equipment guarding.

Summary line

Partial amputation to R index middle and ring fingers EE was attempting to clear jammed material when fingers were pinched between equipment guarding and knockout in material.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.