Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Texas PMW, Inc.
Start: 2/6/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021211 · 2/6/2018 · Texas PMW, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
Secondary source: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: Texas PMW, Inc.
Location: 315 N. Wayside, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a lever to kick feed out from the chuck of a horizontal turret lathe when a metal shaving came out and struck the employee's left hand, causing a deep laceration between the thumb and index finger. The employee suffered tendon damage that required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown