Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lamons Gasket
Start: 10/8/2018

1 amputation · 20181010396 · 10/8/2018 · Lamons Gasket

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: Bending, crimping machines

Employer

Name: Lamons Gasket
Location: 7300 Airport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
NAICS: 339991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A temporary employee was using a large bending machine to bend a 3/4-inch by 8-foot piece of metal. As he guided the piece through the rollers on the machine, his fingers were caught in the rollers and his left little finger was amputated.

Source

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