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Amputations
1 amputation · 2016032100 · 3/9/2016 · SULZER TURBO SERVICES HOUSTON, 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
- Grinders, abraders
Employer
- Name
- SULZER TURBO SERVICES HOUSTON, INC
- Location
- 11518 OLD LA PORTE ROAD, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- NAICS
- 333611
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While grinding on a disc sander, an employee's finger became lodged between the platform and the sander, amputating the distal tip of his right thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown