Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tex-Tube Company
Start: 5/5/2016

1 amputation · 2016053827 · 5/5/2016 · Tex-Tube Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Tex-Tube Company
Location: 1503 N POST OAK RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77055
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was positioning a pipe on a pipe straightener. His finger was caught between the pipe and the pipe roller resulting in the amputation of the right ring fingertip involving some bone loss.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown