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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2017032658 · 3/23/2017 · San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name
San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location
6200 FM 3387, CHRISTINE, TEXAS, 78012
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were inserting 6-foot pipe into a mill lathe. When the machine turned on, one of the employee's hands was caught between the lathe and valve stem resulting in lacerations to two fingers on the right hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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