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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017098696 · 9/11/2017 · System Controls & Instrumentation, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Pile drivers, tamping machinery

Employer

Name
System Controls & Instrumentation, LLC
Location
906 S. Conway Ave., MISSION, TEXAS, 78572
NAICS
423610
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were lifting a tamper machine when his right ring fingertip was caught and amputated at the fingernail between the machine and its cover plate.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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