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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20201110690 · 11/11/2020 · Nortex Feeders, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
Source
Gates

Employer

Name
Nortex Feeders, LLC
Location
12153 FM 3489, DALHART, TEXAS, 79022
NAICS
112112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was closing a rolling gate after herding cattle through it. The mechanism at the top caught the employee's left hand and pulled it in, crushing and breaking the index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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