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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017098761 · 9/12/2017 · Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc.

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
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc.
Location
4545 Pine Timbers Ste. 324, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading insulation into a bag pusher machine and two fingers were caught in the point of operation. The tips of his right middle and ring fingers were medically amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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