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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20191112059 · 11/20/2019 · Hereford Farmers Gin Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Picking, carding, combing machinery
Employer
- Name
- Hereford Farmers Gin Inc.
- Location
- 3455 Co Rd GG, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- NAICS
- 115111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was unchoking a cotton gin machine. The machine's saw blade caught and amputated his right hand.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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