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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016087660 · 8/16/2016 · Schulte Building Systems, Inc.

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
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Schulte Building Systems, Inc.
Location
17600 BADTKE RD, HOCKLEY, TEXAS, 77447
NAICS
332311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a panel line machine. When he attempted to clean dirt off a panel of sheet metal, his fingers were caught in the rollers of the machine, crushing bones in his left middle and ring fingers. His middle and ring fingertips had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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