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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017109555 · 10/5/2017 · Big Tex Trailers, 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
Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name
Big Tex Trailers, Inc.
Location
502 S. Midway, CORDELE, GEORGIA, 31015
NAICS
336214
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a tube bender machine to bend a tube section when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between the tube section and bender head.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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