Amputations

Name: Amputations at Gulf Coast Modification L.P.
Start: 1/29/2019

1 amputation · 2019011049 · 1/29/2019 · Gulf Coast Modification L.P.

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Gulf Coast Modification L.P.
Location: 7140 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
NAICS: 331210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was polishing a pipe with sandpaper. His right index finger was lodged in a hole in the pipe while it was turning and fractured. His finger was surgically amputated.

Source

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