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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018099157 · 9/5/2018 · RK Resources, LP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Entangled in other object or equipment
Source
Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
RK Resources, LP
Location
1101 East Hwy 6, ALVIN, TEXAS, 77512
NAICS
561311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was overseeing as a wire was being run through a machine when the wire became jammed. As he tried to help unjam it, the wire caught his left hand and amputated his upper left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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