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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076912 · 7/24/2017 · Improved Piping Products 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
- Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- Source
- Cranes, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Improved Piping Products Inc.
- Location
- 5010 Space Center Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
- NAICS
- 332996
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was removing a core from a mold. A crane then lowered the core onto the employee's left hand, amputating the middle and ring fingers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown