Amputations

Name: Amputations at Boomerang Tube, LLC
Start: 7/8/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019076834 · 7/8/2019 · Boomerang Tube, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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 maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Boomerang Tube, LLC
Location: 1100 FM 3361, LIBERTY, TEXAS, 77575
NAICS: 332996
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a conveyor of pipe when the conveyor actuated. His right hand was caught between the conveyor and the pipe, and his middle finger, ring finger, and little finger were amputated. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Source

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