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Amputations

1 amputation · 20190910019 · 9/25/2019 · Doyle Dickerson Terrazzo, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name
Doyle Dickerson Terrazzo, Inc.
Location
fort hood Mission Training Center, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, 76544
NAICS
238340
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a flexible-shaft grinder. Fan blades inside the machine's motor caused the partial amputation and non-displaced fracture of his left middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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