Amputations

Name: Amputations at Vallourec Star, LP
Start: 6/29/2017

1 amputation · 2017065974 · 6/29/2017 · Vallourec Star, LP

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Vallourec Star, LP
Location: 8603 Sheldon Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a pin from a lifting arm on a pipe handling table when his right ring finger was pinched by the arm. His finger had to be amputated. The equipment was locked out at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown