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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018066128 · 6/21/2018 · Technimark, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Technimark, LLC
Location
425-B Pan American Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79907
NAICS
326199
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was on top of a molding machine, trying to start it, when the safety bar activated and smashed his right ring fingertip. He was hospitalized and had surgery to remove the finger above the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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