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Amputations
1 amputation · 2015107953 · 10/23/2015 · O'Brien Wire Products of Texas, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- O'Brien Wire Products of Texas, Inc.
- Location
- 12800 Aldine Westfield Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77039
- NAICS
- 332618
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While adjusting the shear on the Schlatter machine, an employee's first two fingers on his left hand were amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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