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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018088259 · 8/13/2018 · Omstede, Ltd.

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
Reaming machines
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Omstede, Ltd.
Location
12415 Highway 225, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
NAICS
332999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee was supporting an approximately 20-foot-long rotating reaming device that was being run through heat exchanger baffle plates when his gloved hand contacted the rotating reamer at high speed. The reamer rotated his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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