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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2017087695 · 8/11/2017 · Tasus Texas Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Presses, except printing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Tasus Texas Corporation
Location
211 Tasus Way, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78628
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a finishing machine when the stop bar sensor turned on and the press continued its operation. The press cycled and the employee's right hand was pulled and crushed in between the notches on the stop cylinder and the stop bar. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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