Amputations

Name: Amputations at Unique System, LLC
Start: 7/17/2017

1 amputation · 2017076581 · 7/17/2017 · Unique System, LLC

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: Milling machines
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: Unique System, LLC
Location: 6534 Petropark Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a milling machine to make a metal part when a shaving from the part caught his glove and pulled his hand into the machine, amputating his right ring finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Source

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