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Avulsions, enucleations

1 hospitalization · 2019099327 · 9/8/2019 · Texas Tissue Converting, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
Source
Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Texas Tissue Converting, LLC
Location
1521 Greens Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS
322291
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee loading boxes into a case packer machine lost their footing. Upon slipping, the employee's thumb contacted a part of the machine causing a partial de-gloving of the right thumb that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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