Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Harbor Freight Tools Texas L.P.
Start: 8/24/2025

1 amputation · 2025088449 · 8/24/2025 · Harbor Freight Tools Texas L.P.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Harbor Freight Tools Texas L.P.
Location: 3401 S Brandon Rd, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was re-tensioning the pulleys on a conveyor belt in a shipping merge. He restarted the conveyor and his right index finger got caught in the belt, which pulled it into a pulley and amputated the top of the finger just past the fingertip. The pulleys were not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown