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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171010429 · 10/26/2017 · R & R Manufacturing, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name
R & R Manufacturing, LLC
Location
2580 US-385, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79766
NAICS
332710
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were testing a pipe fitting machine they had just installed when a pipe began to fall. The injured employee was trying to catch the pipe when it amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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