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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 20171211772 · 12/12/2017 · PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source
Dies, molds, patterns

Employer

Name
PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS, INC.
Location
3701 HOLMES RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77051
NAICS
332996
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While cleaning the expanding machine, an employee was about to replace the dies when he smashed his left thumb between the dies. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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