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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020010696 · 1/22/2020 · WMC Steel

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Jacks

Employer

Name
WMC Steel
Location
18490 Main Street, CONROE, TEXAS, 77385
NAICS
423510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a flexible cable tray on a production machine. The tray was raised using a bottle jack. The bottle jack kicked out while the employee's finger was in an alignment hole on the flexible cable tray, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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