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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017043004 · 4/3/2017 · Tex-Trude LP

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Presses-printing
Secondary source
Textiles, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Tex-Trude LP
Location
2001 Sheldon Rd., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
NAICS
326113
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was cleaning the lower plates of a printing press with a towel wrapped around his right hand. A second employee was cleaning/setting up the upper portion of the press. The injured employee's hand was pulled into the press, due to the towel; partially amputating his right thumb and crushing the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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