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Fractures

1 amputation · 2019032411 · 3/6/2019 · Plains Yazoo Cotton Oil

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Picking, carding, combing machinery

Employer

Name
Plains Yazoo Cotton Oil
Location
2901 AVE A, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
NAICS
111191
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a delinting machine when a newly added belt caused the machine to begin wobbling. The employee turned off the machine and tried to remove the belt, which caught and broke the employee's right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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