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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017032248 · 3/10/2017 · Custom Rubber Products, 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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Custom Rubber Products, Inc
Location
2625 Bennington Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77093
NAICS
313320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On March 10, 2017, an employee was operating a press machine with his hand resting on the machine's track. The automated mold platform pinched his left index finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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