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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017054016 · 5/3/2017 · Win-Con Enterprises, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Drills-stationary
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- Win-Con Enterprises, Inc.
- Location
- 483 N West End Ave., NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- NAICS
- 327215
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using an industrial drill press when his glove became caught in the drill bit. The drill bit then amputated his left thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown