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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017109486 · 10/3/2017 · Lion Elastomers

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, unspecified
Source
Lathes, unspecified

Employer

Name
Lion Elastomers
Location
1615 Main St., PORT NECHES, TEXAS, 77651
NAICS
325211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was sanding down a shaft with sand paper when his left middle finger and index fingers became caught in the lathe. His fingers had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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