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Amputations
1 amputation · 2015107601 · 10/12/2015 · Big Creek Sand and Gravel
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Lower leg(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
Employer
- Name
- Big Creek Sand and Gravel
- Location
- Hwy 70 South Intersection Hwy 83, PERRYTON, TEXAS, 79070
- NAICS
- 324121
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was opening the wing gate on an asphalt laydown machine and his right leg was caught in the elevator amputating it above the knee.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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