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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015097154 · 9/28/2015 · Green Tweed & Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Green Tweed & Company, Inc.
Location
1930 Rankin Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
NAICS
339991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was resetting a machine center to the home position when his left-hand ring finger got pinched between the spindle and the ball part of the press. This de-gloved the finger, which had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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