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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076178 · 7/6/2017 · Tejas Industries, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Tejas Industries, Inc.
Location
3275 Tierra Blanca, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
NAICS
311111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was picking up cans beneath a machine at about 1:45 a.m. when the employee's left hand came in contact with a gear chain, amputating the left middle fingertip to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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