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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019099387 · 9/9/2019 · Panel Truss Hearne, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Clamps, couplings

Employer

Name
Panel Truss Hearne, LLC
Location
407 West 6th Street, HEARNE, TEXAS, 77859
NAICS
321214
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While building a truss, an employee's left hand was holding onto a wooden truss when a pneumatic clamp, designed to hold the sides of the truss in place during manufacturing, engaged and caused the partial amputation of the employee's left thumb tip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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