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Amputations

1 amputation · 20191112024 · 11/19/2019 · American Piping Inspection

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
Secondary source
Jacks

Employer

Name
American Piping Inspection
Location
1008 Cox Drive, KILGORE, TEXAS, 75662
NAICS
541380
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was picking up pipe. He set one end on a jack. As he was about to put the other end on another jack, the pipe fell off the first jack and his left middle and ring fingers were smashed between the second jack and the pipe. He suffered amputations to both fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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