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Cuts, lacerations
1 hospitalization · 2017065107 · 6/5/2017 · Lopez Scrap Metal, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Lopez Scrap Metal, Inc.
- Location
- 351 N. Nevarez Road, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79927
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was segregating metal at the recycling shop when he cut his thumb with metal shears, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown