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Amputations
1 amputation · 2020010768 · 1/23/2020 · Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc.
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
- Shearing machines
Employer
- Name
- Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc.
- Location
- 8234 Hanson Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77075
- NAICS
- 332311
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was operating a pneumatic shear machine when his left thumb tip was caught in the shear, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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