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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020054309 · 5/8/2020 · Optimus Steel

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Optimus Steel
Location
100 Old Hwy 90 West, VIDOR, TEXAS, 77662
NAICS
332312
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was reaching for rebar gathered in a trough on a rebar stretching machine when the employee's right ring fingertip was pinched as the trough actuated. The employee sustained a distal amputation on the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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