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Amputations
1 amputation · 20161010183 · 10/29/2016 · Hightower Metal Works
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Hightower Metal Works
- Location
- 9001 Taub Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- NAICS
- 332322
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was rolling pipes on a metal forming machine and smashed his left index finger in the machine resulting in amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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