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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016032436 · 3/24/2016 · Leader Gasket

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Leader Gasket
Location
905 W. 13th Street, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
NAICS
339991
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing the air line on a three-station pneumatic press. Her finger was in a porthole on the equipment when she connected the air line to the machine. The air caused a piston in the machine to be actuated while her finger was in the hole, amputating her right pinky finger between the first and second knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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