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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017099369 · 9/18/2017 · Improved Piping Products

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source
Pipe fittings, collars
Secondary source
Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name
Improved Piping Products
Location
5040 Space Center Drive, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
NAICS
332919
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had activated a vertical turret lathe when the table began rotating and the horizontal cutting tool moved toward an unsecured pipe fitting. When the cutting tool contacted the unsecured fitting, it caused the fitting to jump off the table and strike the employee's right hand, fracturing and lacerating the right thumb. Part of the employee's thumb had to be medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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