OSHA Injury Report: Midland DTR

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Assisting in rolling tools.

What happened

A CSR and a forklift operator were trying to pull two 6 3 4 collars off the second level of a three tier rack. When doing this the forklift operator pulled one too many collars off the rack. As the forklift driver was putting one collar back the CSR was holding the collar they needed to prevent it from rolling off the forks and back onto the rack however the collar being put back didn 't clear the stoppers on the rack causing it to bounce backwards slamming into the fingers of the CSR. At the time of this incident the employee wasn 't wearing impact resistant gloves.

Injury or illness

Broken Fingers

Object or substance involved

Pipe

Summary line

Fractured the tips of their left middle and ring finger between two collars when trying to pull the two 6 3 4 collars off the second level of a three tier rack.

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.