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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019033178 · 3/27/2019 · POCO GRAPHITE
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- Source
- Band saws
Employer
- Name
- POCO GRAPHITE
- Location
- 300 OLD GREENWOOD ROAD, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
- NAICS
- 335991
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting a block of graphite with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the employee's left thumb right above the knuckle.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown