Severe Workplace Injuries in Saginaw, Texas

Jun 17, 2025 · Sodexo Hospitalized

At 3:45 p.m. on June 17, 2025, a Sodexo employee slipped and fell while cleaning a trash can in a kitchen. The employee suffered an injured femur and was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Mar 14, 2025 · DOS Project, LLC Amputation

An employee was performing preventive maintenance and greasing a chain on a metal detector machine. Their right index finger contacted a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1811611

Mar 7, 2025 · DFW Plastics, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating an extruder when his hand went into the top opening of the extruder above the blades and his ring and middle fingertips were amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1811131

Feb 27, 2025 · DFW Plastics, Inc. Hospitalized

On 2/27/2025, at 11:55 AM, an employee was changing an insert plate on a hydraulic compression mold. The employee reached under the top mold and his head contacted the the hydraulic lever, causing the top to come down on the employee's arm. The employee required surgery to set the broken bone.

Struck by running powered equipment · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1809209

Oct 9, 2024 · UFP Saginaw LLC Amputation

An employee was loading material into a lattice machine when their hand was caught in a chain. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 9, 2024 · CTI Foods Amputation

On September 9, 2024, at approximately 10:13 a.m., an employee opened the doors to a can opener to make routine mechanical adjustments. When the employee went to close the doors to the equipment, the distal tip of his left ring finger (above the nail) was struck by the closing door, resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 22, 2024 · UFP Saginaw LLC Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to close a cylinder by lifting a push bar switch that was stuck. The employee strained their abdomen, resulting in a hernia.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Abdomen · Manufacturing

Jun 19, 2024 · Trinity Rail Products and Services, LLC Hospitalized

On June 19, 2024, at 7:30 AM, an employee was securing a tank to jack stands for maintenance work. As the tank car was being lowered onto the stands, the employee's right hand was caught between the jack stand and the tank car bolster gap resulting in a laceration and fracture to the index and middle fingers.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

May 24, 2024 · Ventura Foods, LLC Amputation

An employee was cleaning the metal detector on a packaging line. He was removing and repositioning the two-inch, metal ball valve joint when it actuated and amputated approximately one inch of their right index finger.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Feb 6, 2023 · Ventura Foods, LLC Amputation

On February 6, 2023, an employee was working on a line, putting lids on pails of shortening. The employee noticed that a lid was not positioned properly on a pail. As the employee tried to straighten the lid, the lid press came down; the employee's left thumb was caught between the lid and the press. The employee suffered an open fracture of the last joint of the thumb, a nail avulsion, and a partial amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 11, 2023 · Anchor Fabrications Hospitalized

An employee was washing the windshield of his commercial truck when he slipped and fell while coming down the steps. The employee struck his head on the ground and sustained a skull fracture.

Other fall to lower level · Skull · Manufacturing

Nov 8, 2022 · CTI Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking into a freezer to perform maintenance when they slipped on ice on the floor and fell, resulting in a fractured femur.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 8, 2022 · UFP Saginaw, LLC Hospitalized

A temporary employee was using a powered hand grinder to cut a piece of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene plastic. The hand tool contacted the employee's left wrist, resulting in a laceration.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Wrist(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 28, 2022 · UFP Saginaw, LLC Amputation

An employee was offloading material from a panel saw. He was retrieving material when the saw amputated his right index, middle, ring, and little fingers above the middle knuckle.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1593622

Dec 7, 2021 · Trinity Rail Products and Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was raising the slings on an overhead crane. The hook from a sling caught the side of a table and tipped it over. The table struck the employee's right eye, injuring the orbital bone.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Eye(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 22, 2021 · UFP Saginaw, LLC Amputation

An employee was operating equipment that produced wooden stakes. Lumber became jammed, and as the employee tried to free it, his left little finger was caught between the end of a piece of lumber and the side of a conveyor belt. The finger was pinched and required partial medical amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Wholesale trade

Aug 12, 2021 · STANDARD MEAT COMPANY Amputation

An employee was operating a packaging machine. As he tried to remove a piece of plastic that was stuck inside the machine, one of the machine's knives cut his right ring finger and nicked his right little finger. The tip of the ring finger was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 23, 2021 · MID CITIES ERECTORS Hospitalized

A forklift ran over an employee's foot as it backed up. The employee suffered a broken ankle.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Ankle(s) · Construction

Dec 2, 2020 · Gavilon Group LLC Hospitalized

Two employees were opening lids on railcars to prepare the cars for loading on a track. Both employees were in full body harnesses and were connected by a self-retracting lifeline (SRL) to a rail fall safety system. The train started moving north and the employees realized that the cars were going to move beyond the fall protection coverage and decided to unhook from the rail fall protection. Employee 1 assisted the injured employee and unhooked from the system. As the injured employee attempted to unhook, the SRL ran out of cable, roughly 25 feet from the rail shed. The injured employee was pulled onto his back and remained stationary on his back, held by the SRL cable, as the rail cars moved under him. The employee sustained a laceration and contusion to the top of the head; bruising and scrapes to the lower back, legs and arms; a cut on the right hand; and a bruised thumb.

Rail vehicle incident (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Wholesale trade

Aug 5, 2020 · CTI Foods, LLC Amputation

A can punch was activated and caught the tips of two fingers on an employee's left hand, leading to the amputation of the smallest phalanges on each finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Nov 25, 2019 · 2nd Chance Pallets, LLC Amputation

An employee was working at a table saw. When he fed a board through the saw, the blade amputated multiple fingers.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1449633

Jun 17, 2019 · Bana Box, Inc. Hospitalized

On June 17, 2019, an employee was stapling wood together using a pneumatic staple gun. The gun shot a staple into the employee's elbow.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Elbow(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 10, 2019 · CTI Foods Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning out a kettle when the contents in the kettle overheated, boiled out, and splashed him. He sustained chemical burns on his right arm, back, and hips.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Apr 18, 2019 · Universal Forest Products, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a drill press. His glove was caught while he was cleaning sawdust off the machine. The employee sustained a severe laceration to his hand.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 25, 2018 · CTI Foods Beanmaker Hospitalized

An employee was exposed to bleach vapors while attempting to pressurize a 5-gallon spray can and suffered difficulty breathing.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing

Nov 2, 2018 · Thermacor Process Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working in a poly wrap area, taping pipes, when his shirt was caught on a conveyor.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1358436

Sep 20, 2018 · Bana Box Hospitalized

An employee was conducting maintenance on a conveyor belt when an electrical discharge occurred, causing burns to his right hand. The conveyor was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Direct exposure to electricity · Hand(s) · Manufacturing

May 25, 2018 · Universal Forest Products Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning between two CNC machines while they were operating. One of the tables struck the employee, injuring their left arm between the elbow and the hand.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 12, 2018 · Attebury Grain, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was riding a continuous belt manlift down to the ground floor where he lost his footing and his leg became caught in the landing/step off at the ground floor. He suffered a laceration to the back of his right leg and his head.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Multiple body parts (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Apr 12, 2017 · CTI FOODS LLC Amputation

An employee was releasing water from the hopper that was in operation. As he was releasing connections, he braced himself with his hand on an opening. His hand slipped and contacted the hopper lift resulting in amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingers up to the middle knuckles on his left hand.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1226667