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Amputations

1 amputation · 20171212140 · 12/21/2017 · Energy Alloys, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
Secondary source
Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name
Energy Alloys, LLC
Location
10399 Silver Springs Rd., CONROE, TEXAS, 77303
NAICS
423510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was setting a work piece into a manual lathe using an overhead crane when the employee's finger was pinched between the machine chuck jaws and the work piece, amputating the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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