Amputations

Name: Amputations at WHM Custom Services, Inc.
Start: 9/22/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016098981 · 9/22/2016 · WHM Custom Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: WHM Custom Services, Inc.
Location: 9500 I-10, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting a rigger and a crane operator with guiding a furnace tube through the opening of a furnace when the employee's finger was caught between the 90-degree point of the furnace opening and a furnace tube. The right-hand index finger was partially amputated, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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