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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018088140 · 8/8/2018 · SPX Flow

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metalworking lathes
Secondary source
Sanders-nonpowered

Employer

Name
SPX Flow
Location
8800 Westplain Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS
332911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using sandpaper to remove tool markings from a stem that was on a rotating manual lathe when the sandpaper became snagged on a burr and pulled the employee's left arm around the piece part being worked. He suffered a broken ulna and radius bone in his left arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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